Velazquez and the Spanish Court
Not Just the Tudors
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The Painting of the Gardens of the Villa Medici by Twilight
Painting of lasmeninas is painted when he has been at court for 30 odd years. But it's not long, is it, before his own death. He goes on his final trip, again, as a dignitary and a courtier, with the king. And while they are there, he catches te fever and comes home. We don't know where his remains are.
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