VELAZQUEZ AND HIS TIMES

Title: VELAZQUEZ AND HIS TIMES
Author: CARL JUSTI
Format: Hardback
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Up until the late 18th century, the name of Diego Velázquez was still very rarely unknown. In the palaces of Madrid and the Buen Retiro lay concealed the works of an artist who possessed a full claim to rank with Titian and Rembrandt. 'The Water Seller of Seville', 'Old Woman Cooking Eggs', 'Peasants at Table', 'The Adoration of the Magi', 'The Immaculate Conception', 'St. John the Evangelist in the Island of Patmos', 'Queen Isabella on Horseback' and 'Count-Duke of Olivares' are some of the dozens of full page portraits and artworks by the great master given a full treatment in this monograph. Not forgetting of course 'Las Meninas: The Maids of Honour'. Outsize hardback, 256pp, quality paper has been used to give full justice to these hundreds of full page masterpieces. There is a full history of his life and works throughout the text. 11" x 12½". The book's jacket is the full length nude 'The Rokeby Venus' 1647-1651. ^

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