Lady in The Parisian Life finally identified?

BIASED REPORT! “The sale of ¿A Do...Va la Nave? — P46.72 million or $995,731.05, including buyer’s premium and value added tax — is the highest for an artwork at a local auction, and a new Philippine auction record for Luna, Ramon E.S. Lerma, chief adviser at Salcedo Auctions, told Rappler via email on Tuesday, September 29, (2015),” reported Lynda Corpuz of Rappler.com in “Rare Juan Luna painting fetches record P46.72M at PH auction,” published Sept. 29, 2015, and updated Jan. 14, 2016.
An article clearly about Salcedo Auctions, the report declares the sale of ¿A Do...Va la Nave? as “the highest for an artwork at a local auction.” This is erroneous. In fact, it is only third in rank as Anita Magsaysay-Ho’s Fish Harvest at Dawn (1979) that sold for P52.6 million holds the distinction and Benedicto Cabrera’s Sabel (2003) for P46.7 million holds second rank. Both were sold at Leon Gallery, a local auction house. Prices also include add-ons.
Corpuz also states in the same report: “The painting shows a skiff bobbing along a turquoise sea. There are six elegantly garbed women sitting languidly on the boat, with the one perched highest, presumably Luna’s most favored model, Angela Duche, Salcedo Auctions wrote.”

‘SAVAGE: JUAN LUNA IN PARIS.’ Such loose reports are plugging Juan Luna. Howie Severino — in the I-Witness documentary shot in Paris, France, entitled “Savage: Juan Luna in Paris,” also entitled by Severino in the less controversial “Juan Luna in Paris” on GMA 7 on Feb. 28, 2016 — alluded that Duche is the same model in Luna’s My Girlfriend, the unidentified boseto (study) of a reclining Caucasian woman Portrait of a Lady and The Parisian Life, all at the National Museum of Fine Arts.
 Severino posted in his Facebook timeline: “The woman in Juan Luna’s The Parisian Life was based on his model Angela Duche. He spent a lot of time with her, while raging with jealousy about his suspicion that his wife Paz was having an affair.” (“Juan Luna Sa Paris.”)
As he stated in the documentary and repeated when asked on Facebook: “Kamukha niya, notebooks ni Juan Luna.”
Following is the thread of our chat:
EDGAR O. CRUZ: Howie, assumption ‘yan. Even the National Museum gave that the title Portrait of a Lady, not the Portrait of Angela Duche. Did you check the painting’s tag? It is even identified (in some reports) as supposedly Paz.
HOWIE SEVERINO: Definitely not Paz — we examined photos.
EOC: Then that’s an opinion, not necessarily fact. Alfredo Roces, another authority on Juan Luna, stated that Caucasian women look identical. He did not state Duche or even Paz. BTW, brave ang documentary mo, well-documented.
HS: But Juan Luna himself mentions Duche in his notebooks as his model in his paintings. Better source than Alfredo Roces. Pls. compare with Paz photos — it’s very clear they are not the same. Caucasian women do not all look alike. Besides, Paz was not purely Caucasian —  look at her mom Juliana, very Indio ang features.
EOC: Thanks for doing the documentary. Did Luna specifically write (Duche) was the model for My Girlfriend, Portrait of a Lady and The Parisian Life? Ang attribution mo vague. Please post images you were referring to here. I’m quoting Mr. Roces as an answer when I argued with him that Paz does not look entirely Caucasian. Also, you are basing your comparison on faded photos. How accurate?
HS: What’s Mr. Roces’ basis? The ladies in several of Luna’s most famous paintings had the same face. Paz photos are on the Internet. But you do not have to believe me. If you were not convinced by my documentary, so be it. We did our best.
EOC: Mr. Roces’ basis? His expert opinion!
EOC: Did Luna only have one model? Do you know that Paz’s parents are both pure Spanish? As a documentarian, you must be open to questions about your assumptions and conclusions. I praise you for doing that now, but it also requires open-mindedess to answer them.
HS: Haven’t I answered already? But if you’re still skeptical, that is your right and I cannot force you to see things my way. Even experts like Roces need evidence. That’s why I ask.
EOC: I’m seeking for the truth.
HS: Yes, Mr. Roces has the evidences in his book on Luna.
Which book? What evidence did he cite? Did he mention the Luna notebooks that contain the Duche references? I read the Roces book Rage, which is a fictionalized account of the Luna story.
EOC: I am sure Mr. Roces is a credible writer.
HS: I’m afraid even the experts are not sure of the truth when it comes to who that woman in The Parisian Life is. But I’m very sure Paz is not her. She does look like other women in Luna’s paintings like the reclining nude with a rosary. You can see that for yourself. Pls don’t take my word for it. Check the evidence yourself.
EOC: I have no idea of the notebooks that you are referring to, that is why I asked photos to be posted here.
HS: You are free to believe Roces. I respect him myself. But no one is right about everything.
EOC: Rage is a more truthful word than savage. Who editorialized?  Yes, Howie, you are right... including us.
HS: Savage is the word that Luna’s lawyer used. I’m not editorializing. That was Luna’s defense in court — that he is a savage so the normal legal and moral standards cannot apply. Sad, but that’s what happened. Look it up if you don’t believe me again. Or watch the docu again when it is replayed next Tuesday night.
EOC: Yes, the title of your documentary editorialized. You are aware of it. If not, why did you remove the word in your title in a Facebook post? The correct way to do it is to put savage in qoutation marks as in “savage” so you will not be doubted.
HS: If you think I editorialized, I can live with that. It’s a documentary that has a point of view. But I did not invent the word; it’s in court documents. If you disagree with my point of view or did not like the work, I can live with that, too. I will respect your opinion. Hope you respect mine.
EOC: So you admit you editorialized.
HS: So you didn’t mean what you said? Here’s what you said: “BTW, brave ang documentary mo, well-documented.”
EOC: I mean every word I used. Well-documented can mean the images used in the document, right? I’m impressed with the extent your team went through to document its POV. Something wrong with that?
HS: Thanks for the compliment and your honest point of view.
EOC: I do not compliment; I just state my real opinion. Expecting your next historical documentary.