"A bride-to-be, Discreet and penitent, she presents herself to her parents in this guise."
— Francisco Goya

January 1, 1970

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Original: Nobia, Discreta y arrenpentida a sus padres se presenta en esta forma. — Caption, in the so-called Madrid Album 90: sketch-book of Goya, 1796-97; as quoted by Robert Hughes, in: Goya. Borzoi Book - Alfred Knopf, New York, 2003, p. 173-74 — caption below a drawing, in brush and India ink – private collection