Velázquez, Painter & Curator

Julia Vázquez, Ph.D. (2020, Columbia University) is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Lise Meitner Research Group at the Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History.

Acknowledgments

List of Illustrations



Introduction: Toward a History of the Curator



1 Origin Myths

 1 Titian’s Equestrian Portrait of Charles V

 2 Velázquez’s Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV



2 Multiple Viewpoints

 1 The Octagonal Room

 2 Velázquez, veedor y contador

 3 Velázquez’s Sculptures



3 Recto/Verso

 1 The Vaults of Titian

 2 The Rokeby Venus, Reconsidered



4 El Escorial

 1 Sacristy, Ante-Sacristy, Hall of Moral Theology, and Chapter Room of the Prior

 2 Velázquez’s Frames



5 Velázquez, Painter and Curator

 1 Velázquez, aposentador mayor de palacio

 2 From “New Room” to “Hall of Mirrors”

 3 Mercury and Argus, Reconsidered



6 Les Suivants

 1 Reconsidering Las Meninas

 2 Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo’s The Family of the Artist

 3 Juan Carreño de Miranda’s Charles II



Conclusion(s)

Appendix

Bibliography

Index