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Lecturers such as Diego Angulo were important, but not within a class context, where we were around two hundred and fifty students. Don Diego was not a lecturer for classes of two hundred and fifty students, but he held a series of small seminars two afternoons a week at the National Research Council (CSIC), where we were just seven. And, above all, he was a man of great human qualities, although he also possessed a marvellous intellectual elegance; I have never met anyone quite like him. He was someone who was both interesting and very important. He had the profile of an Ancient Roman, straight from the Roman Republic. He was a truly fascinating character and, when I met him, he was almost seventy years old. On the day he died in Seville, I took the car and rushed down to be at his funeral. It’s the only funeral I’ve ever attended. I’ve never been to any other.
She came to the Museo del Prado with a grant from the Juan March Foundation. In 1981, she secured the position of Conservator of Drawings and Prints of the Museo del Prado. She was later appointed Deputy Director of Conservation and Research (1981-1996), Member of the Royal Board of Trustees (1991-1996), and Head of the Department of Conservation of 18th Century Painting and Goya (2001-2018).
Interview recorded on June 28, 2018
