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Rembrandt, Claude - he was the newest, and certainly the truest, from our point of View; SO new and SO true, indeed, that two hundred years after he had Shown the mystery of light as God made it, we still hear that Velasquez was a sordid soul who never saw beauty, a mere master of technique, wholly lacking in imagina tion. SO say those whose necks are stifi with looking at Italy and Raphael. Delacroix1 complains of them, in his Letters, that they see beauty only in lines, and therefore refuse to believe that others may receive a different kind Of impression. The opinion of these people is not to be controverted by words alone, and, as nature is a hard teacher, a student may save himself trouble by studying Velasquez at Madrid. A man Of genius learns from a mere hint, it is true, and such an one without going farther than Paris or London may understand how Velasquez saw the world: a more ordinary eye, however, must take the Spaniard's greatness half on trust, if he has not seen Madrid. But with the best will in the world some eyes really cannot see the side of nature that Velasquez saw; While others are SO bandaged by Italian prejudice that they may save themselves the trouble of a journey.

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The critical part of the matter in this volume has appeared before, in a more expensive form, under the title "The Art of Velasquez." The biographical information, however, which was limited then to a single paragraph, has been amplified, and now forms a separate chapter. The Author has taken advantage of the opportunity to make a few verbal corrections, the time at his disposal not having allowed him to re-visit Madrid, as he had hoped to do.

A list of the works of Velasquez, and a Bibliography, have been added by the Editor of the Series. It is not claimed that the list is in any sense complete; nor has Dr Williamson attempted to be critical in his attributions. He has simply recorded all the pictures attributed to Velasquez with which he is acquainted, adding such notes as are contained in catalogues or in his own note-books, and accepting the information supplied by the owners of the pictures. To the pages of the book he would refer the student for any scientific criticism or for authoritative statements as to the authenticity of disputed pictures.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This 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.