María Luisa Cuenca worked at the Biblioteca Nacional de España from 1990 to 2012, initially in the department of Drawings and Prints, where she was one of the curators of the show Mariano Fortuny Marsal, Mariano Fortuny Madrazo (1994) and contributed to various catalogues. She was subsequently responsible for organising exhibitions and cultural activities. She was director-general of Libraries, Archives and Museums at Madrid city council and is currently head of the Library, Archives and Documentation at the Museo del Prado, where she is in charge of managing and disseminating the historic book holdings.