Spanish, 19th century, female. Born 2 October 1814, in Madrid; died 31 July 1845, in Madrid. Painter, engraver, lithographer. Portraits, genre scenes. María Weiss y Zorrilla was a pupil of Francisco Goya, and engraved portraits by him and Velázquez. In her brief career, she produced very sophisticated studies of faces and plants, and executed a number of portraits that are characterized by their air of solemnity....