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Article Author: Terence Clarke
Terence Clarke is a San Francisco novelist, journalist, and film maker who writes about the arts. His latest novel is A Kiss For Señor Guevara.
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Article comments
1 - Malcolm
I see a deeply human portrait. However, I think the comments about anger, disappointment, anquish and pain are largely the product of the writer's own psyche. The subject's expression could be read in many ways. More information on the painting itself would have been more useful.
2 - Lola LB
I could not agree with you more, Malcolm. This article was more about the author's interpretation of the portrait than about the painting itself. The thought process during the 17th century is very different from our thought process, and anyone who falls into the trap of filtering through his or her modern thought process runs the risk of making a fool of oneself.