L I T T L E B OOK S ON A R T GENERAL EDITOR : CYRIL DAVENPORT V E L A S Q U E Z L I T T L E B OO K S O N A R T w 16 25 t De y m. 6d. ne . S U B J E C T S S IC OR R E MINIATURE . AL E C AN B KP S DW RD A M CK OO LATE . E A L A K R H B W RS . T E GREE A T . AL R H B W T E RS OMAN ART. AL THE S APAN R . S W Y ART OF J . M S . C M . AL E W Y. V P R JE ELLER C. DA EN O T H S . R H R C RI T IN ART M S . JENNE Y . R H R OUR LAD IN ART M S. JENNE H S SY B S . H R C RI TIAN M OLI M . JENNE M W SS . BR D Y ILLUMINATED . J A LE E ENAMELS. MRS . N LSON DAWSON EcA N M FURNITURE . Ew A R T I S T S Y G ORGE P T O ROMNE . E AS N E DURER . L. J SSIE ALLEN Y S M RE NOLDS. J . I E W S. ISS . SK T CH EY ATT M R E D . E L ‘ ‘ HOPPN . H P K SK IP I ON ER . R CE YRR - TURNER . F AN S T E LL GILL H H G MEw OGART . E AN B Eo NE FORT UNEE IS URN JO S. DE L LE H CE ORK R LEIG TON . ALI C AN B R SH RP REM RANDT. M S. E . A . A W W B nd BE T D F a . I VELASQUEZ. ILF RI IL ER ORCE A R G L R Y K I SM A WOOD VAND C . M SS M . G . LL COX RT HUR OM O DAVID . A T S N H B B T R C ORT CU OL EIN . EA I E F ES E T H B IR NST I NGL and RS PO R D COROT . E EL M . A . LLA ’I‘T P COCK MILLET. NE A EA I CLAUDE . E . D LLO N Z B H Z F PO RD GREU E AND OUC ER . ELI A . LLA PH . DRYHURST RA AEL A . R . V E L A SQ U E Z W I LFR I D W I LBER FORC E A R LBE . GI RT WITH THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS M T H E E U N CO. E SSE X ST R E E T W . C . LONDON 1 904 C O N T E N T S C H A P T E R I EARLY DAYS — ’ — Seville at the birth of Ve l asque z The artist s e a rly days His — — ' sojourn with H e rre ra He is transferre d to Pache co Pachecos — ’ pe culiar qua lifications for training him Ve lasque z s marriage — His earliest works The Wate r-carrie r The Bode gone s and sacre d subje cts page CHAPT ER II INTRODUCTION T O COURT — — Ve lasquez visits Madrid Paints a port ra it of Gongora He re turns — — to Seville I s summone d to Court E nte rta ine d by Fonse ca ' i i —S ain urin his re i n— ili s C aracter and tastes Ph l p IV. p d g g Ph p h — - His love of art His patronage of Ve lasque z CHAPTER III EARLY PORTRAITS — Prince Charles of England visits Madrid His portrait by Ve lasque z he e strian r i f ili —The rtist tains th T que po tra t o Ph p IV. A ob e — ’ monopoly of painting the roya l fe a tures Pache cos e x ul tation ’ — ’ and H errera s re se ntme nt T he que stion of H e rre ra s influe nce — "— The Prado portrait Of Philip Los BarraChOS T he Artist as a ost e of I m ressionism—The com e tition icture The p l p p p , ” Ex pulsion of the Moriscos CHAPTER I V RUBENS A ND VELASQU EZ Ve l asque z wins the prize in the compe tition The Ex pulsion of the — — Moriscos Rube ns visits Madrid His frie ndship with Ve lasque z ’ —His O inion of i i I V — ivare s - Ru e ns work in a ri p Ph l p . Ol b M d d — — Contrast be twe e n him and Ve lasquez Ve lasquez visits I taly - Ve nice CONT ENT S CHAPTER V FIRST VISIT TO ROM E ’ — Ve ne tian art at the time of Ve lasque z s visit He goes to Rome — ’ — Roman artists Michae l Ange los Last J udgme nt Raphae l — — ’ His Va tican frescoes Ve lasque z s inte rcourse with Roman — — — painte rs His dwe lling on the Pincian He falls ill His origina l work in Rome T he Forge of Vulcan p age CHAPTER VI MADRID ROUTIN E ’ — — Jose ph s Coa t Ve lasquez at Naple s I nfl ue nce of Stanzioni on — — Ve lasque z His re turn to Spa in T he gre at e que strian sta tue Of i — acca is commissione to e xe cute it — e as ue z Phil p IV . T d V l q — ’ supplie s Tacca with portraits Marriage of Ve lasque z s daughte r F ortraits of i i a nd his Consort —And of rancisca P Ph l p III . Olivare s and the Duke of Mode na T he Crucifix ion CHAPTER VI I T HE DWARF PORTRAITS ’ — Ve lasque z s portrait of Admiral Pareja I mpre ssionism and Sce ne — — painting The portrait of the admira l de ce ive s Philip T he “ — — Dwarf picture s T he re vol t in Ca talonia T he Court move s — ’ toSaragossa Ve lasque z s picture s in this place CHAP TER VIII OLIVARES FALLS — — — The Court a t Cue nca Re turn to Madrid Fall of Olivare s His — ’ adopte d son J ulianillo Ve lasque z pa ints J ulianillos portrait — His last portrait Of Olivares Sympathy of Ve lasquez with the — — falle n ministe r T he re be llion in Ca talonia Philip take s the — — ’ fie ld Bes ie ges and capture s Le rida Ve lasque z s picture on the — — occasion Dea th of Que e n I sa be lla Portraits of the Prince of the Asturias CONTENT S vii CHAPTER IX ITALY ONCE MORE — T he Surre n e r of Bre a Ve asquez visits I ta y for the se con — d d l — — l d time His purchases in Ve nice Naple s He re ne ws acquaint ance wit Ri era—Don u f 11 mee ts Ri era—The h b J an o Austria . b conseque nces of the ir acquaintance M e CHAPTER X S ECOND VISIT T O ROM E — — — Rome in I 6so Visit of Ve lasque z His artist conte mporaries The — Pope commissions him to paint his portrait Difficultie s of the — — — task Portrait of J uan de Pareja Of I nnoce nt Characte ristics ’ — m n rtrai of portraiture Ad iration e x—cite d by I nnoce t s po t Ve lasquez colle cts art treasures Re turns to Madrid CHAPT ER XI ARTIST AND COURTI ER “ — Ve lasquez appointe d Apose ntador Mayor T he various dutie s of his ne w Office—Birt of rincess aria a r arita the c i of h P M M g , h ld ' — — Philip s se cond marriage His Que e n Mariana He r portrait by — — Ve l asquez His portrait of the Que e n at praye r T he baptism — — ' of the infant Princess A bull - fight Ve lasque z s occupations — ’ and his inte rcourse with Philip Ve lasque z s ge nius not limite d to I mpressionism CHAPTER XII T HE PALACE LADI ES ' — - Las Me ninas Ve lasque z s Choice of subje cts De ta il s of his — picture Las Me ninas The costume of royal Spa nish l adie s — “ " — The ir occupations T he vital force of Las Me ninas Ve l as ’ — que z s late r pictures The occupations of his la ter ye ars CHAPTER XIII A RT I N ROYAL FETTERS — ' The M a nt r a A ér w iada Distance ne ce ssary for its appre ciation “ ” — ’ — Las Hilande ras Ve lasque z s Court dutie s His longing for — I taly Fre nch Embassy to Madrid Ve lasque z as Cice rone to — Grammon t The Cross of Santiago Ve asque z at Fue ntarrabia — l The I sland of Pheasants CONT ENTS CHAPTER XIV FRANCO - SPANISH PAGEANTS — The Royal Pavilion on the I sl and of Phe asa nts N ational Charac — ’ te ristics displaye d in the orname ntation Ve lasquez s labours — ' Journe y of the Court to Fue ntarrabia P i ip s imme nse re tinue — — h l Re ce ptions and pageants en r ou te Me e ting be twe e n Philip — — ’ a nd his Siste r T he Franco- Spanish Court Ve lasque z s appear — — a nce on this occasion The brilliancy of the festivities The Court re turns toMadrid page CHAPT ER XV E E AND - I N- SLAV , DISCIPL , SON LAW “ e a ism ns — R l u uite d to mystical subje cts The Coronation St.