Getty Acquires Long-Lost Velázquez Painting

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has purchased a newly discovered painting by seventeenth-century Spanish master Diego Velázquez—the first work by the artist to enter its collection, and the first to enter the collection of any West Coast museum. Titled Portrait of Count-Duke of Olivares, the ca. 1626 work is a bust-length portrayal […]

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