The Spanish Masters An Outline of the History of Painting in Spain
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'' i64y is the date of the " Surrender of Breda, " com- monly called " Las Lanzas, " from the line of soldiers with uplifted pikes behind the Marquis of Spinola, who, with gracioiK dignity, receives the keys from Prince Justin of Nassau. At the left of the picture stands a figure in grey, with a slouched hat and feather, a dark, handsome face, probably the artist's owm portrait. In 1648 Velazquez was sent to Italy to collect works of art for an academy, which the king had long wished to I20 THE... SPANISH MASTERS. found in Madrid. He sailed from Malaga in November, and landing at Genoa, passed hurriedly through Milan and Padua to Venice, where he purchased several pic- tures, among which were Tintoretto's " Israelites Gather- ing Manna, " the "Conversion of St. Paul, " and "Glory of Heaven, " a sketch of his great picture, and a Venus and Adonis by Paul Veronese. In Boschini's singular poem, in the Venetian dialect, entitled " La Carta de Navegar Pitoresco, " is an account of a conversation held later in Rome between Salvator Rosa and Velazquez.
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