Fülszöveg
Ki^s if f kig Adorned with the collections formed in the course of three
^y Hapsburg and B urbon kings of Spai^
\the Prado is unquestionably one of the world's greatest ^ . . -• art galleries, and Senor Sánchez Cantón is emine.iJy ; ' v ' suited to act as our guide to this magnificent museun-¦ completely revised edition in the 'W.^ld of Art
' . ' series contains over 300 illustrations, including 96 colo. y . plates, reproducing masterpieces by Bosch, Breugiiel, Ei
jr Greco, Goya, Rubens,Titian and Velasquez, to name only á few of the artists represented. The author gives a con-- cise and fascinating historical account of the growth of
the Prado, and there are extensive descriptive notes to each of the colour plates. . /
^ Don Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón was bom in 1891. At the age of 22
he took his Doctorate in Arts at the University of Madrid, ' and was appointed lecturer there in 1918. Four years later he became Assistant Director of the Prado, a post which he has...
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Fülszöveg
Ki^s if f kig Adorned with the collections formed in the course of three
^y Hapsburg and B urbon kings of Spai^
\the Prado is unquestionably one of the world's greatest ^ . . -• art galleries, and Senor Sánchez Cantón is emine.iJy ; ' v ' suited to act as our guide to this magnificent museun-¦ completely revised edition in the 'W.^ld of Art
' . ' series contains over 300 illustrations, including 96 colo. y . plates, reproducing masterpieces by Bosch, Breugiiel, Ei
jr Greco, Goya, Rubens,Titian and Velasquez, to name only á few of the artists represented. The author gives a con-- cise and fascinating historical account of the growth of
the Prado, and there are extensive descriptive notes to each of the colour plates. . /
^ Don Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón was bom in 1891. At the age of 22
he took his Doctorate in Arts at the University of Madrid, ' and was appointed lecturer there in 1918. Four years later he became Assistant Director of the Prado, a post which he has held ever since, being responsible for the enormous changes and improvements that have taken place since the war. He has some thirty works to. his credit, many of which have been translated into English. ^
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