This is one of the pictures in the first series containing me, based on the novel The Crime of Father Amaro by Eça de Queirós, Portugal’s greatest novelist, up there with Zola and Dickens. I play the part of the priest, who is a criminal and a sinner, a liar and a hypocrite. Note the physically impossible position of the priest. This is not a naturalistic or realistic picture. Paula always felt it was a good likeness. At one point there were a pile of books in front of the table legs, but she removed them. I loaned the picture a few times, most recently to the Pera Museum, Istanbul.