Through Velazquez's career as a courtier and painter is fairly well documented, letters describing how he thought, felt, and lived are scarce. Abundant information about the artist can be coaxed from ...
Anthony Bailey begins “Velázquez and The Surrender of Breda: The Making of a Masterpiece” (Henry Holt; $32) with a crackerjack war story. On March 3, 1590, an innocent-looking riverboat used to ...