Laura Cumming The Vanishing Man : In Pursuit of Velazquez Paperback Book

WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONSelected as a Book of the Year in the Herald In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirtblackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a longlost Velzquez, he bought the picture and set out to discover its strange history a quest that led from fame to ruin and exile. Fusing detection and biography, this book shows how and why great works of art can affect us, even to the point of mania. And on the trail of John Snare, Cumming makes a surprising discovery of her own. But most movingly, The Vanishing Man is an eloquent and passionate homage to the Spanish master Velzquez, bringing us closer to the creation and appreciation of his works than ever before. | Laura Cumming The Vanishing Man : In Pursuit of Velazquez Paperback Book