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Velazquez Show at Met Highlights Spain’s Greatest Painter
New York UPI The Metropolitans 98 Velazquez paintings travel from the Prado in Madrid with 42 works loaned from that museum 17 in total for the exhibit. The show spans the artist life from early religious pieces to royal portraits. Met director Philippe de Montebello calls it a once in a lifetime event. The Prado plans to move the collection to its home after the New York run ends January 7 1990.
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