By chance, I have just found this portrait of a lady (Elizabth Barringer) on Flickr. It’s a beautiful painting – the lighting is perfect, and the gentle pink of the dress just enough colour. I hadn’t heard of Madrazo before, although I see that the original is in the Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC. Incidentally, that is home to one of my favourite oils, Westall’s Sword of Damocles.
