Velázquez: Painter and Courtier
- ISBN-10
- 0300038941
- ISBN-13
- 9780300038941
- Series
- Velázquez
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Author
- Jonathan Brown
Description
Offers a detailed biography of the seventeenth century Spanish painter, looks at all of his paintings, and discusses the original technique Velazquez developed for his art.
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