The bid to save Velázquez’s childhood home inspired by … Shakespeare

A visit to Stratford sowed the seed of author Enrique Bocanegra’s plan to transform the painter’s derelict house in Seville

The light that pours into the twin patios of an old house near the centre of Seville reveals the familiar signature of time and neglect. Wood has rotted, plaster blown and paint bubbled. Mushrooms bloom across the ceiling.

Four centuries ago, the late spring sun would have lit a very different scene, one that might have inspired the work of a little boy who would grow up to be one of the finest artists the world has known.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2YPtFyJ