Velazquez
Description
A portrait of the extraordinary painter who chronicled the life and times of his friend King Philip the Fourth, who built the core of the Prado collection (which today houses almost all of his work), and who, with El Greco, Goya, and Picasso, comprises the quartet of the greatest painters of Spain.
Runtime
36 min
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Date of Publication
[2005], c1989
Database
Films on Demand
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