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Diego Vélazquez

Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez Autorretrato 45 x 38 cm - Colección Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos - Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia.jpg
Self-portrait, c.1640
Born Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
baptized June 6, 1599
Seville, Spain
Died August 6, 1660 (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Known for Painting
Notable work Las Meninas, 1656
Rokeby Venus, 1644–1648
The Surrender of Breda, 1634–1635
List of works
Movement Baroque

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (/vəˈlɑːsks, -kəs/;also UK /vɪˈlæskwɪz/ and US /vəˈlɑːskɛs, -kwɛs/;Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo roˈðɾiɣeθ de ˈsilba i βeˈlaθkeθ]; baptized on June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).


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