1 00 In the portraits of hunters, as in theequestrian pictures and the Lances, thebackgrounds are copied from certain placesaround Madrid, with its transparent atmos-phere so daintily silvered. Thus Velasquezwas purely a realist when he took land-scapes for his models. The portrait of theKing in… … PORTRAIT OF THE SCULPTORMARTINEZ MONTANES. BYVELASQUEZ. (Prado, Madrid—Photo Anderson, Rome) THE PALETTE OF VELASQUEZ to the head, darkened the ground-work ofthe picture with earthy tones. This por-trait further serves, like the equestrian por-trait of the same model, to demonstrate thescrupulous…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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