COLLECTED WRITINGS ON VELAZQUEZ

The essays collected here, written over the course of Jonathan Browns distinguished career, include some which are published in Eng lish for the first time and one which has never before been published. Two themes unite them. The first concerns the changing relati onship between Velázquez and his patron Philip IV, which provides a framework for Brown to interpret the painters career. The cente rpiece of this relationship is Veláquezs masterpiece, Las Meninas, and this painting is the subject of two essays. The second theme is the pro...[Read more]