Painter to the king
Sackville, Amy, 1981-2018
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This is a portrait of Diego Velazquez, 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.
Main title:
Painter to the king / Amy Sackville.
Author:
Sackville, Amy, 1981-, author
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2018.
Collation:
336 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781783783908 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6119.A35
Local class:
FT
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2201521