The vanishing man : in pursuit of Velázquez by Cumming, Laura, author instant download

The vanishing man : in pursuit of Velázquez by Cumming, Laura, author instant download

1 volume : 20 cm, In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, he bought the picture and set out to discover its strange history - a quest that led from fame to ruin and exile. Fusing detection and biography, this book shows how and why great works of art can affect us, even to the point of mania. And on the trail of John Snare, Cumming makes a surprising discovery of her own. But most movingly, The Vanishing Man is an eloquent and passionate homage to the Spanish master Velazquez, bringing us closer to the creation and appreciation of his works than ever before, Originally published: London: Chatto & Windus, 2016, Includes bibliographical references and index, A discovery -- The painting -- The painter -- Minster Street -- Man in black -- The talk of London -- A man in full -- The attack -- The theatre of life -- Seizure and theft -- The trial -- The escape -- Velázquez on Broadway -- The escape artist -- The vanishing -- Seeing is believing -- The ghost of a picture -- An infinite number of Charleses -- Lost and found -- Saved -- Afterword for John Snare