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      Painter to the King

      by Amy Sackville
      Published
      Apr 2018
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      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      336
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      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.

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      Apr 2019 Granta Books (UK) ISBN13 9781783783922 ISBN10 1783783923
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      First Edition Apr 2018 Granta Publications ISBN13 9781783783908 ISBN10 1783783907
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      Apr 2018 -- Not Selected ISBN10 B07B65564X
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