[Detail] of “María del Rosario Fernández, ‘La Tirana.’” Credit… Emilio Parra Doiztua for The New York Times. [New York Times caption and illustration]
“… Admirable testimonies of the affection, intelligence and empathy with which Goya depicted women.”
(Fernández-Galiano, the show’s curator)
At a preview of the exhibition this week, Cristina Rubio, the museum’s deputy director, drew attention to “the long, quick, loose brushstrokes on La Tirana’s shawl” and “the intricate detail at the hem of her dress.” Goya, she said, was not only “fascinated with human psychology, but was a master of texture and fabric, too.”
… [In] “María del Rosario Fernández, ‘La Tirana,’” an actress who frequented fashionable salons oozes self-confidence.
(Rachel Chaundler, “At a Revamped Museum, Goya’s Nightmares Seem Scarily Relevant,” New York Times, 10-9-26)
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