The art of the Dresden gallery; notes and observations upon the old and modern masters and paintings in the royal collection (1907)
Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs, 1866- · Boston : L.C. Page & Company · leaf 174
The Duke of Olivares was a minister of PhilipIV., but was banished in 1643 for a Quixotic out-burst of charity toward a bar-sinister relative whowas not considered eligible for Court life. Olivaresadopted this young man, and had his portraitpainted by Velasquez. Evidently Velasquez was insympathy… … VELASQUEZ. PORTRAIT OF AN ELDERLY MAN Spanlsb /iDasters 133 traits bafHe description and praise; they must beseen. He elevated that branch to the dignity ofhistory. He drew the minds of men. His powerof painting the circumambient air, his knowledgeof lineal and aerial perspective, the gradations…
Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany) · Painting -- History · Painting -- Germany History
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