velazquez, diego

Nicolas Pertusoto, a figure from Diego Vel?zquez's "Las Meninas," and a member of the court of King Phillip IV of Spain, relates his life story while revealing the mystery behind the creation of the masterpiece and recounting his relationship with the famous painter.

The story of Juan, a slave, willed to the great Spanish painter Velazquez, and how their relationship changed from master/slave to that of equal/friend.

Reproductions and text present critical commentary on the artist and his work.

Examines the life and art of seventeenth-century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, and includes a selection of color reproductions, and a chronology.