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Goya's La maja desnuda (c. 1797–1800), held at the Prado; tradition long associated the sitter with the Duchess of Alba, though this is disputed by modern scholars. ↩
Marie's «Ghipour» is Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, observed with a complete fast. ↩
Carolus-Duran (Charles Auguste Émile Durand, 1837–1917), celebrated French portrait painter and teacher, a devoted admirer of Velázquez. ↩
«Le nu de Vélasquez» is not identified: Velázquez's only surviving female nude, the Rokeby Venus, had been in England since 1813 (en.wikipedia «Rokeby Venus»). ↩
Papillons: Marie's word for the spots she sees before her eyes. ↩
Marie's «la Espora» is La Época, the conservative Madrid daily founded in 1849 by Ignacio José Escobar, later marqués de Valdeiglesias; Alfredo Escobar was his son. ↩