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An Old Woman Cooking Eggs

Painting, Oil paint, Baroque 

Height 100.5cm, Width 119.5cm


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Old Woman Frying Eggs is a genre painting by Diego Velázquez, produced during his Seville period. The date is not precisely known but is thought to be around the turn of 1618 before his definitive m ...
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Diego Velázquez
Spain
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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 P ...
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Velázquez's "An Old Woman Cooking Eggs": A Masterclass in Realism and Tenebrism

Velázquez's "An Old Woman Cooking Eggs" is a remarkable early work that showcases the artist's remarkable mastery of realism and chiaroscuro. Painted during his Seville period, this captivating scene depicts an elderly woman dressed in earthy tones and a white headscarf, intently focused on cookin ...
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Velázquez's "An Old Woman Cooking Eggs": A Masterclass in Realism and Tenebrism

SUMMARY


Velázquez's "An Old Woman Cooking Eggs" is a remarkable early work that showcases the artist's remarkable mastery of realism and chiaroscuro. Painted during his Seville period, this captivating scene depicts an elderly woman dressed in earthy tones and a white headscarf, intently focused on cookin ...
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