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Velasquez's "Juan de Pareja": The One That Got Away

1970

Title

Velasquez's "Juan de Pareja": The One That Got Away

Date

1970

Archive reference number

NGA27/24/17/15

Description

Two copies of Geoffrey Agnew's account of the firm's attempt to purchase Velasquez's painting entitled "Juan de Pareja" for the National Gallery of Washington. Instead, they missed out to Alec Wildenstein's bid on behalf of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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