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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.
During the remaining eight years of his life, he painted only a few works, mostly portraits of the royal family. [8] When he painted Las Meninas , he had been with the royal household for 33 years. Philip IV's first wife, Elizabeth of France , died in 1644, and their only son, Balthasar Charles , died two years later.
Painted in oil on canvas in 1617, it combines a still life of food and drink with a depiction of three comic farmers, whose physiognomy the artist studies closely. The composition shows a younger man gesturing with his right hand to reinforce the story coming from his half-open lips, and an older man listening attentively while holding his cup ...
Signed "Do. Velazquez fa. 1631", which may or may not be a later addition to the painting. Dama joven: 1635 98 × 49 Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, United Kingdom: 76/80 San Antonio Abad: 1635–1638 55.8 × 40 Private collection, New York City La tela real: 1636–1638 182 × 302 National Gallery of London: 85/-
The composition shows the influence of Flemish art from the previous century when Pieter Aertsen, followed by his nephew Joachim Beuckelaer, developed a type of large painting which combines a small New Testament scene in the background with a contemporary kitchen scene with sumptuous still life painting of foodstuffs.
The program began in March with the loan to Madrid of the Simon’s signature “Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose” by Francisco de Zurbarán. ... The life-size portrait he produced is ...
The use of the expression "still life painting" is already documented in 1599. The severe aesthetic of Spanish still life paintings contrasts with the lavish Flemish works: from the work of Juan Sánchez Cotán onward, the Spanish still life came to be defined as having simple, geometric compositions, with hard lines and Tenebrist illumination.
Niccolò Frangipane (d. 1597, attributed to) Bacchanal.Here too Bacchus has brought a single companion from the world of mythology. In the work, Bacchus is represented as a person at the center of a small celebration, but his skin is paler than that of his companions, rendering him more easily recognizable.