Contents

Cover

About the Book

About the Author

Also by Carola Hicks

List of Illustrations

Title Page

Epigraph

Foreword by Grayson Perry

Preface: History and Mystery

1. Court Painter to the Duke of Burgundy

2. Bruges, Venice of the West

Followers of Fashion

3. Courtier, Ambassador, Spy: Don Diego de Guevara

The Beads and the Brush

4. La Grande Mère de l’Europe: Marguerite of Austria

The Furniture

5. The Amazon Queen: Marie of Hungary

The Fabrics

6. Art Lover: Philip II

The Rug

7. Spanish Palaces: From Philip to Napoleon

The Oranges

8. The Uninvited King of Spain: Joseph Bonaparte

The Window

9. Hero of Waterloo: Colonel James Hay

The Mirror

10. The Dealers and the Prince and the Critics

The Chandelier

11. Star of the National Gallery

The Dog

12. Pre-Raphaelite Idol and Connoisseurs’ Quest

Techniques

13. Wars and Disputes

Hidden Puzzles?

14. Interpretations and Transformations: The Arnolfinis Today

Postscript by Gary Hicks

Picture Section

Notes

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index

Copyright