{"product_id":"9781783783922","title":"Painter to the King","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sackville, Amy \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 4 April 2019 by Granta Books in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | \u003cbr\u003e198 x 138 x 21 | 276g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a portrait of Diego Velazquez, from his arrival at the court of King Philip IV of Spain, to his death 38 years and scores of paintings later.  It is a portrait of a relationship that is not quite a friendship, between an artist and his subject.  It is a portrait of a ruler, always on duty, and increasingly burdened by a life of public expectation and repeated private grief.  And it is a portrait of a court collapsing under the weight of its own excess. Unfolding through series of masterly set-pieces and glancing sketches, this is a novel of brilliance, imagination and sheer style -- about what is shown and what is seen, about art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491189539202,"sku":"9781783783922","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781783783922.jpg?v=1753741331","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9781783783922","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}