Painter To the King by Amy Sackville

This is a portrait of Diego Velazquez, from his arrival at the court of King Philip IV of Spain, to his death 38 years and scores of paintings later. It is a portrait of a relationship that is not quite a friendship, between an artist and his subject. It is a portrait of a ruler, always on duty, and increasingly burdened by a life of public expectation and repeated private grief. And it is a portrait of a court collapsing under the weight of its own excess. Unfolding through series of masterly set-pieces and glancing sketches, this is a novel of brilliance, imagination and sheer style, about what is shown and what is seen, about art and life. This 2019 Granta Books Paperback is in fair condition. First page loose.

ISBN: 9781783783922 SKU: 1477407 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1477407
Location: Fiction