The young Velázquez
Subtitle: "The education of the Virgin" restored
By: essays by John Marciari, and five others
Contributors: Navarrete Prieto, Benito
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780300207866
Subjects: Conservation and restoration; Spanish Painting; Exhibitions; Art
Other titles: Education of the Virgin.
Description: "Donated to Yale in 1925, the Yale University Art Gallery's Education of the Virgin--depicting Saint Anne teaching a young Virgin Mary to read--was long considered to be a work by an unknown Spanish artist. Considerably damaged, the painting was relegated to storage and never carefully studied until 2004, when John Marciari reattributed the work to Diego Velázquez (1599-1660), the most significant painter of the Spanish Golden Age. The extraordinary narrative of this painting and its reattribution is chronicled here, accompanied by a detailed description of the painting's conservation campaign and thoughtful analysis of the artist's technique."--
Notes: "Published in conjunction with the exhibition El joven Velázquez: 'La educación de la virgen' de Yale restaurada, organized by the mayor of the city of Seville and the Yale University Art Gallery."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-75).
Table of contents: title: The Young Velázquez: The Education of the Virgin Restored / John Marciari; title: The Education of the Virgin: A Conservation Narrative and Technical Examination / Carmen Albendea, Ian McClure, Anikó Bezur, and Jens Stenger; title: Education of the Virgin and the Shaping of Early Naturalism / Benito Navarrete Prieto.