Painter to the King
Amy Sackville
ISBN
9781783783922
Uitgever
Granta Books
Taal
Engels
Categorie
Literaire fictie algemeen,Historical Fiction, Art, historische kunst
Meer info
2019, paperback, good copy
Extra informatie
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.
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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