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Spain's Renaissance armor, portraits on view in DCPublished 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.
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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