A white muff is not necessarily the classic item of clothing that a lady in Seville wears, as such hand warmers are probably obsolete in the capital of Andalusia, which is blessed with high temperatures. However, such a mustiness appears in two pictures by Ignacio Zuloaga, painted shortly after 1900. Both show the same two women: a hook-nosed citizen’s daughter and a black-haired Gitana, i.e. a Spanish Roma, with a flashing white mouth, who lays the cards to her customer in “The Greatest Happiness” and the barely reluctant one with her muff in “Andalusian Woman and Young Lady.” “probably draws to this happiness. Who the hell is Ignacio Zuloaga?
Munich: Pictures by Ignacio Zuloaga in the Kunsthalle – Munich
