The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
Laura Cumming follows a nineteenth-century bookseller’s obsession with a lost masterpiece by Velázquez. Combining art and history, The Vanishing Velázquez considers the allure of missing works, the persistence of artistic mysteries, and the search for meaning in the traces left behind by a vanished painting.
About This Book
Laura Cumming examines the story suggested by a lost masterpiece attributed to Diego Velázquez.
At its center is a nineteenth-century bookseller whose interest in the missing painting becomes an enduring obsession.
The book connects art history with the world of bookselling and the pursuit of an elusive object.
It offers a meditation on how artworks, records, and mysteries can persist through time even when the original work has disappeared.
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