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Lives of Velázquez explore la and california The myriad interrelated processes thatFrancisco Pacheco and Antonio Palomino Lives of Velzquez brings together two seminal early accounts of the great seventeenth century Spanish painter (ca. 15991660). These texts, written by his contemporaries Francisco Pacheco and Antonio Palomino and newly translated for this volume, serve as our main sources of knowledge about this groundbreaking artist. Pachecos biography reveals the scale of the challenge to traditional painting presented by