On Feb 5, 2008, at 12:23 PM, dianne wrote: > Thanks for the reference, John, but could you please tell us what > "bedegones" are? Must be librarian lingo?? I haven't heard of this > term nor could I find it in the dictionary or wikipedia. > > Looks like a very significant word!
It is signfiicant, but is spelled wrong - I think. The word bodegones with an o instead of the e means a recycled image taken from another work. In other words Velasquez was re-using an old canvas or simply copying some filler material from some previous work of his or another painter. Ron Ron Parker - Fibernet list mom with Susanne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
