Velazquez and the Spanish Court
Not Just the Tudors
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The Most Kissable Mouse in the History of Art
The painter chucked close saying about it that it was the most kissable mouse in the history of art. It shows juan de barece, a slave of moorish descent who had been working with him from the 16 thirties. And he is poised, proud, magnificent, held in heroic pose. He's wearing the most voluptuous, flowing white collar over his black velvet costume.
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