10 Euros Picasso's 'Cabeza de Mujer llorando'

This coin belongs to Spain's long-running series honoring works from the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. Picasso painted Cabeza de Mujer llorando in 1937, the same year he produced Guernica — the weeping woman motif recurs obsessively across his work from that period, widely understood as a response to the bombing of the Basque town and to his relationship with Dora Maar, who modeled for many of these figures. The Reina Sofía holds both works, which is why the pairing makes institutional sense for this series.

The Royal Mint has issued these one-ounce silver pieces annually, each tied to a specific canvas in the museum's permanent collection.