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The Vanishing Velazquez by Laura Cumming

The Vanishing Velazquez

A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece

by Laura Cumming
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  • Apr 12, 2016, 304 pages
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  • Nov 2016, 320 pages
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