The Masterpieces of Velazquez

LONDON, GLASGOW: GOWANS & GRAY, LTD., 1907 DIEGO VELAZQUEZ, Gowans's Art Books, No. 12. Sixty reproductions of photographs from the original paintings, principally by F. HANFSTAENGL, affording examples of the different characteristics of the Artist's work. Very nice looking small book. Dark blue cover, gold design and print front and spine, advertising front and back, tight, no markings front, in very back in pencil is a list of other Spanish and Dutch painters. Bottom corner one page inside slightly torn off about 1/2". Terrific pictures and artwork. For the artist and collector. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish pronunciation: June 6, 1599 ¿ August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656). 1776 Bookstore, where history lives.