Painter to the KingAuthor: Sackville, Amy Modern fiction Published on 4 April 2019 by Granta Books in the United Kingdom. Paperback 198 x 138 x 21 276g 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

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185 x 136 x 20 | 226g

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