by Laura Cumming · Random House Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099587040
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«The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez» is Laura Cumming's art history essay, published by Vintage in paperback (320 pages, in English).
In 1845, bookseller John Snare bought a darkened portrait at auction that he believed was a Velázquez and devoted his life to proving it, until he was ruined and exiled. Laura Cumming reconstructs that story and adds her own investigation, which leads her to an unexpected discovery, while reflecting on the fascination exerted by great works of art and paying tribute to the Spanish painter.
The author is art critic for the Observer. The back cover includes praise from Colm Tóibín, and the book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography.
