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At the beginning of 1649 Velázquez left Spain on a second visit to Italy. This time he was on official business as gentleman of the bedchamber. He was given a carriage for pictures, possibly gifts from Philip IV to Pope Innocent X. The chief purpose of the journey was to buy paintings and antiques for the king for the decoration of new apartments in the royal palace and also to engage fresco painters to decorate the ceilings of the apartments and to reintroduce fresco painting into Spain. Again Velázquez found fresh inspiration in Italy, particularly from Titian. First he went ...(100 of 3093 words)

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