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The Vanishing Velazquez

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

by Laura Cumming

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The Vanishing Velazquez by Laura Cumming

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    Apr 2016, 304 pages

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    Nov 2016, 320 pages

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