Synopsis
You ever come across a painting called 'The Señorita'? Probably not. I hadn't either, not until I ended up wandering into the basement of the Manila Art Museum. It shows a woman in a baro't saya, her back facing whoever's looking at it. I asked the art director what he knew about it. He told me it was donated by some wealthy businessman after his wife passed away from an illness. The man was a serious art collector, and he'd picked up The Señorita for next to nothing at a garage sale in Calamba, Laguna. He made a habit of…
