"Published in conjunction with the exhibition El joven Vel�azquez: 'La educaci�on de la virgen' de Yale restaurada, organized by the mayor of the city of Seville and the Yale University Art Gallery."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-75).

"Donated to Yale in 1925, the Yale University Art Gallery's Education of the Virgin--depicting Saint Anne teaching a young Virgin Mary to read--was long considered to be a work by an unknown Spanish artist. Considerably damaged, the painting was relegated to storage and never carefully studied until 2004, when John Marciari reattributed the work to Diego Vel�azquez (1599-1660), the most significant painter of the Spanish Golden Age. The extraordinary narrative of this painting and its reattribution is chronicled here, accompanied by a detailed description of the painting's conservation campaign and thoughtful analysis of the artist's technique."-- Provided by publisher.

The Young Vel�azquez: The Education of the Virgin Restored / John Marciari -- The Education of the Virgin: A Conservation Narrative and Technical Examination / Carmen Albendea, Ian McClure, Anik�o Bezur, and Jens Stenger -- Education of the Virgin and the Shaping of Early Naturalism / Benito Navarrete Prieto.