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The children's book of art (1909)

Conway, Agnes Ethel, Conway, Martin, Sir · London : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 204

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see four yearslater in the equestrian portrait. A dwarf abouthis own height stands a step lower than he does, soas again to give him prominence. Another pictureof Don Balthazar a little older is in the WallaceCollection in London. Velasquezs power with his brush lay indepicting vividly a scene that… … The Duke of Gloucester.From the picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds, in Trinity College, Cambridge. Pagt 170 VELASQUEZ 161 that the hoofs of the pony of Don BalthazarCarlos tread. So to raise the little Princeabove the eye of the spectator was a goodstroke, suggesting an importance in the gallantyoung…

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