Philippe Le Miere 'After Diego Velázquez royal portrait' mexican artists Effectively using line and contrasting

Effectively using line and contrasting colours to draw the viewer's attention

Dimensions: 68 x 28 cm

Minor tearing on lower left edge

Instrumental in Australia’s conservation movement

Philippe Le Miere 'After Diego Velázquez royal portrait' mexican artists Effectively using line and contrastingFor their February 1st auction, Sothebys was set to offer the most impressive Diego Velzquez painting to meet the market in over fifty years. If sold, the portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel de Borbn, valued at $35 million USD, would have more than doubled Velzquez's auction record. In the first weeks of January, however, it quietly disappeared from sale. Velzquez, a master of 17th century art, is best known for his court portraiture. Queen Isabel (1632)