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Diego Velázquez. Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, [a][b] (baptized 6 June 1599 – 6 August 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 ...
Dimensions. 318 cm × 276 cm (125.2 in × 108.7 in) Location. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Las Meninas (Spanish for ' The Ladies-in-waiting '[a] pronounced [las meˈninas]) is a 1656 painting in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Baroque. It has become one of the most widely analyzed works in ...
Velazquez and workshop. 65/69 Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France: 1634–1635 304.5 × 317.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid Velazquez and workshop. [23] 66/70 Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV: 1634–1635 305.5 × 317.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid 67/71 Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles: 1634–1635 209.5 × 174 Museo del Prado ...
The Borghese Hermaphrodite, an ancient Roman copy, excavated c. 1608–1620, [1] of a Hellenistic original, now in the Louvre. When in Rome Velázquez ordered a bronze cast of the work for Madrid. [2] The Rokeby Venus (/ ˈroʊkbi / ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid; Whose original title was "The ...
The Waterseller of Seville is the title of three paintings by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, dating from 1618–1622. The original version is considered to be among the finest works of the painter's Seville period and is displayed in the Wellington Collection of Apsley House. The original version was painted by Velázquez when he was in his ...
141 cm × 119 cm (56 in × 47 in) Location. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome. Portrait of Pope Innocent X is an oil on canvas portrait by the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, created during a trip to Italy around 1650. Many artists and art critics consider it the finest portrait ever created. [1] It is housed in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome.
Died. c. June 12, 1524 (aged 58–59) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, New Spain. Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar[note 1] (1465 – c. June 12, 1524) was a Spanish conquistador and the first governor of Cuba. In 1511 he led the successful conquest and colonization of Cuba. As the first governor of the island, he established several municipalities that ...
1634–35. Type. Oil on canvas. Dimensions. 307 cm × 367 cm (121 in × 144 in) Location. Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. La rendición de Breda (English: The Surrender of Breda, also known as Las lanzas – The Lances) is a painting by the Spanish Golden Age painter Diego Velázquez. It was completed during the years 1634–35, inspired by ...