by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
Diego Velázquez, View of the Garden at the Villa Medici (Prado). Scholars debate whether it was painted during the second or the first trip to Rome. This is the extended version of Gwyneth’s Rome Prize project proposal, part of her application for the...
by Gwyneth Thompson-Briggs | Nov 27, 2019 | Blog
Caspar van Wittel, Piazza Navona, 1699 (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid). Much of Piazza Navona was rebuilt under the patronage of Innocent X. Velázquez in Rome When Diego Velázquez arrived in Rome in 1649 on a buying trip for the King of Spain, he set his...