Velázquez: Las Meninas and the Late Royal Portraits

by Javier Portús, Miguel Morán Turina, Andrea Sommer-Mathis

Diego Vel zquez was one of the most important and influential painters in the Spanish Golden Age and the leading artist in King Philip IV's court. To accompany an exhibition at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Spain, this book analyzes the development of Vel zquez's court portraits from his second trip to Rome in 1649 to his death in Madrid in 1660, a period that saw the creation of some of the greatest of all masterpieces within this genre, such...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500970580
• ISBN13: 9780500970584
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.7" x 11.3"