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Title: The world book; (electronic resource) organized knowledge in story and picture
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: O'Shea, M. V. (Michael Vincent), 1866-1932, ed Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Locke, George Herbert, 1870-1937, ed
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, New York (etc.) Hanson-Roach-Fowler Co.
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tly happy when allowed to draw upon the pages of his books or the walls of his poor home. Murillo began his life work by painting religious pictures for the fairs of Seville, and later executed commissions for the South American trade. Then he started on a long and tedious walk from Seville to Madrid, arriving there exhausted, friendless and penniless. However, he was blessed with an almost limitless fund of courage and a determination to succeed against all odds. Velasquez, his townsman, became interested in his work, and through his influence a new, wonderful world was revealed to the struggling young artist. Velasquez, at that time painter to the king, offered Murillo a home and gave him permission to work in his studio. But best of all was the privilege of studying and copying the treasures of the Royal Galleries. Like all the painters of his day, Murillo had once dreamed of going to Italy. But when the opportunity came and Velasquez presented him with letters of introduction to the famous men
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