Painter to the King Hardback
by Amy Sackville
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This is a portrait of Diego Velázquez, from his arrival at the court of King Philip IV of Spain, to his death 38 years and scores of paintings later. It is a portrait of a relationship that is not quite a friendship, between an artist and his subject. It is a portrait of a ruler, always on duty, and increasingly burdened by a life of public expectation and repeated private grief. And it is a portrait of a court collapsing under the weight of its own excess.
Unfolding through series of masterly set-pieces and glancing sketches, this is a novel of brilliance, imagination and sheer style -- about what is shown and what is seen, about art and life.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Granta Books
- Publication Date:05/04/2018
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- ISBN:9781783783908
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:336 pages
- Publisher:Granta Books
- Publication Date:05/04/2018
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- ISBN:9781783783908