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Diego Velázquez

Spain

Place & Date of Birth

Spain 5 June 1599

Description

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Knight of the Order of Santiago (baptized June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the Baroque period (c. 1600–1750). He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous r ...
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Artwork (11)
Exhibition (10)
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Philip IV in Brown and Silver
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An Old Woman Cooking Eggs
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The Triumph of Bacchus
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Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain
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The Surrender of Breda
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Portrait of Innocent X
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Las Meninas (The Maids of Honour)
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Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress
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El aguador de Sevilla
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Las Hilanderas ("The Spinners")
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Venus in the Mirror