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Diego Velázquez
Spanish BaroquePatron Master

Diego
Velázquez

1599 – 1660Spanish

Spanish Baroque painter, leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the greatest artists of the Spanish Golden Age.

Selected Works

Born
1599
Died
1660
Nationality
Spanish
Movement
Spanish Baroque

Selected Masterworks

Definitive works that define this master's artistic legacy.

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Las Meninas
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1656–1657

Las Meninas

1656–1657Major Work
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 in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. It has become one of the most widely analyzed works in Western painting for the way its complex and enigmatic composition raises questions about reality and illusion, and for the uncertain relationship it creates between the viewer and the figu

Portrait of Innocent X
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1650

Portrait of Innocent X

1650Major Work
Doria Pamphilj Gallery,Rome

Portrait of Innocent X is a c. 1650 oil on canvas painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, depicting Pope Innocent X, head of the Catholic Church from 1644 to 1655. Many artists and art critics consider it the finest portrait ever created. It is housed in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj in Rome. A smaller version is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and a study is on display at Apsley House in London.

Portrait of Juan de Pareja
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1649–1650

Portrait of Juan de Pareja

1649–1650Major Work
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

The Portrait of Juan de Pareja is a painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez of the enslaved Juan de Pareja, a notable painter in his own right, who was owned by Velázquez at the time the painting was completed. Velázquez painted the portrait in Rome, while traveling in Italy, in 1650. It is the earliest known portrait of a Spanish man of moorish descent.

The Surrender of Breda
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1634–1635

The Surrender of Breda

1634–1635Major Work
Museo del Prado, Madrid

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. He painted it during the years 1634 and 1635, inspired by his visit to Italy with Ambrogio Spinola, the Genoese-born Spanish general who conquered Breda on June 5, 1625. The painting depicts the exchange of the key of Breda from the Dutch to the Spanish.

Rokeby Venus
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Rokeby Venus

Major Work
National Gallery of London

The Rokeby Venus (/ˈroʊkbi/ ROHK-bee; also known as The Toilet of Venus, Venus at her Mirror, Venus and Cupid and, in Spanish, La Venus del espejo) is a painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age.

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