Mother Jerónima de la Fuente, in Tiff cats, Madrid, 1936 .
Although the table is relatively large, the diminutive nun appears as if the passing years, asceticism and experience will have shrunk the physical without making a dent in the power of your character. Her eyes tired, his eyelids heavy, slightly reddened, mouth contracted into a rictus willful. In a bony hand, furrowed with veins, holding a book, with the other clutching a crucifix very glans. Has diverted his eyes for a moment the image of Jesus crucified to fix briefly on the man who is painting and then, for centuries to come, to anyone who stops to admire the picture. Its appearance is severe, but his gaze is compassionate and understanding.Acedo
In Madrid there are two identical portraits, both attributed to Velazquez. This is the best and the other is in a private collection. The two are headed by a motto, obscured by the passage of time, but easily readable: Bonum Est Cum Pretolare Silentio Salutare Dei. Means "It's a good thing to wait for God's salvation in silence." The other portrait has also a pennant with another slogan I do not remember entirely, but that is to say, "His glory will be my own satisfaction."