- Artists, Fiction, History, Juvenile fiction
The slave of the 17th century Spanish painter Velazquez becomes a painter in his own right.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and resolved.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- First published
- 1965
- Pages
- 180
- Publisher
- Farrar, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780786276660
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