Ahhhhh my book does not have "this is the first of two novels" bit! American editions for the lose! :P That makes a lot more sense.
Aww yeah I remember that now about Joseph! Haha, yeah, that... would have been interesting. I wonder if Joseph would have liked her at all, or vice versa.
Also: the scene where she gets presented with Goya’s famous family portrait of the Spanish Bourbons and says yes to her being depicted as ugly (yet confident) “She says yes to this woman” etc. - is the first time I felt I understood why she didn’t kick Goya out of office when he unveiled that portrait. Given how it contrasts with what was still the norm about painting royals. (And you might recall I showed you this portrait and one painted of Maria Luisa before her marriage where she’s the standard pretty Rokoko princess.)
Ah, I had forgotten until you mentioned it, but yes then I did remember that you had mentioned Goya as not following that norm any more! I really did like that scene.
Haha, I am glad you agree with me about Goya and his Toxic Relationship. I definitely think that the way he was portrayed, if she hadn't died he'd have gone back to her eventually. But I liked the way the art breakthroughts were written.
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Aww yeah I remember that now about Joseph! Haha, yeah, that... would have been interesting. I wonder if Joseph would have liked her at all, or vice versa.
Also: the scene where she gets presented with Goya’s famous family portrait of the Spanish Bourbons and says yes to her being depicted as ugly (yet confident) “She says yes to this woman” etc. - is the first time I felt I understood why she didn’t kick Goya out of office when he unveiled that portrait. Given how it contrasts with what was still the norm about painting royals. (And you might recall I showed you this portrait and one painted of Maria Luisa before her marriage where she’s the standard pretty Rokoko princess.)
Ah, I had forgotten until you mentioned it, but yes then I did remember that you had mentioned Goya as not following that norm any more! I really did like that scene.
Haha, I am glad you agree with me about Goya and his Toxic Relationship. I definitely think that the way he was portrayed, if she hadn't died he'd have gone back to her eventually. But I liked the way the art breakthroughts were written.