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Spain's Renaissance armor, portraits on view in DC

Published 06/28/09

WASHINGTON (AP) — During the first three centuries of American history — from the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the new world, through the years that revolutionaries struggled for independence for the fledgling United States — Spain was already one of the word's great empires.

Jacquelyn Martin — Associate Press Dan Randall, left, and David Smith make adjustments to the armor of Emperor Charles V, by Filippo Negroli and Brothers, in front of a large tapestry, all of which is part of the exhibit, "The Art of Power: Royal Armor and Portraits from Imperial Spain," seen at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
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Perhaps more than anything else, luxurious suits of armor were used to cultivate the image of Spanish royalty as all powerful. Kings and emperors commissioned portraits by masters — Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Diego Velazquez and others — depicting them wearing armor made of silver and gold, intricately decorated...

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