We look at an anthology of essays that portrays a little-known facet of Virginia Woolf: her predilection for the plastic arts that inspired her so much to adorn her literature. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was known as one of the most esteemed English writers of the last century for her literature and her feminist stance. However, his predilection for the plastic arts went unnoticed among the shelves of our bookstores, behind unforgettable novels such as Mrs. Dalloway and Al faro, and essays such as Un cuarto propio. That is why Cuadros y retratos is an anthology of art essays by plastic artists such as Matisse, Ce'zanne, Derain and Sickert, who so inspired the author to populate her literature with rhetorical figures that she found hidden in the paintings of art galleries. Accompanied by the author's favorite artworks, this collection aspires to portray Woolf as a nomadic figure of the verbal and visual arts.