The Vanishing Man : In Pursuit of Velazquez
Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Biography Prize and the Rathbones Folio Prize. In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction. Suspecting that it might be a long-lost Velazquez, 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 Velazquez, bringing
Product details
Format
Paperback
| 320 pages
Dimensions
131
x 197
x 22mm
| 280g
Publication date
05 Jan 2017
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Imprint
VINTAGE
Publication City/Country
London, United Kingdom
Language
English
ISBN10
0099587041
ISBN13
9780099587040
Bestsellers rank
98,244
