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doubtless disappeared. As such, I had to mention it in two passages of my books, where I say, "With regard to the portrait of the Dulwich Gallery, which represents Philip IV clad in a light red suit with silver ornaments, it is a work of fine aspect and beautiful colour, but I do not see it in the mark of the brush of Velasquez. It does not show the impeccable design of the master, either in its general lines or in the contour of the figure, which is somewhat undecided; or even in the head and hands, which are of a weak execution, deprived of that firmness--peculiar to the master..."...And further on, on the occasion of the journey of Velasquez, accompanying the King on the day of

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