More magic pictures of the long ago; stories of the people of many lands; with reproductions from works of art and old manuscripts (1920)
Chandler, Anna Curtis · New York : H. Holt · leaf 139
, inthe royal palace, at the time when Velasquez was court painter,and we will get acquainted with the royal children and with themlisten to the brave deeds of the Cid, a great hero of Spain aboutwhose life are woven many stories, and just as with all theother great heroes of the Long Ago, so many… … Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. PHILIP IV, KING OF SPAINBy Velasquez. It is said that this King who presided overthe solemn Spanish court, smiled only threetimes in his life! IT will be so verytedious, sighedthe little InfantaMaria Theresa to herbrother Don BalthazarCarlos. The royal…
Children's stories · Storytelling
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