Jael and Sisera

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Jael and Sisera: Notice of a Picture by Velazquez Heretofore Undescribed, Contributed to the Exhibition of Spanish Art at the New Gallery, January 1896Although Velazquez was no doubt actively productive during his first period of residence in Madrid (in and still more so in the ensuing year, when he finally settled there, we have but slight record of these performances and the most notable of them, the equestrian portrait of Philip IV., is known to have been destroyed by fire in 1734. It is, how ever, most unlikely that all the other works of these two years should have perished and consequently it is reasonable to suppose, that as in the present instance, some of them will yet be identified and brought to light.The picture now in question, although apparently not dated, carries so many internal evidences corroborative and conclusive in themselves, so strengthened moreover by external indications, as to leave little doubt that it is one of the pictures by Velazquez, produced in Madrid either in 1622 or 1623.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.