In 2008 , the Museo del Prado announced that there were reasons to suspect that the painting was actually painted by Asensio Juliá , an apprentice of Goya 's , as the painting contained the initials '' AJ '' in the lower left hand corner of the canvas .
In 2008 , the Prado Museum announced that there were reasons to suspect that the painting was actually painted by Asensio Juliá , an apprentice of Goya 's . 
 The painting contains the initials '' AJ '' in the lower left hand side of the canvas .