A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV by Jonathan Brown, John Huxtable Elliott

A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV

Jonathan Brown, John Huxtable Elliott

missing page info Add in missing page information • first pub 1980 (view editions)

nonfiction adventurous informative medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of paintings by Vel zquez and other contemporary artists, the palace became a showcase for the art and c...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...