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Diego Velázquez

Spanish painter (1599-1660)

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish painter and artist active during the Baroque movement. Born in Seville in 1599, he worked in Seville, Madrid, Venice, and Rome before dying in Madrid in 1660. He was a student of Francisco Pacheco and produced works in the genres of portrait, mythological, history, and religious painting.

His notable works include *The Triumph of Bacchus*, *Las Meninas*, *Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan*, and *Christ in the House of Martha and Mary*. He is described in sources such as *The Catholic Encyclopedia*, *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, and the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition.

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Described at

Velázquez at the Uffizi | Uffizi Galleries

Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Baroque painter considered one of the leading lights of Spanish painting, as well as a master of universal painting. This is why the Medici could not miss the chance to enrich their worthy art collection by purchasing some paintings by such a great artist. Today we are going to discuss the story of those paintings, their arrival in Florence and the different style of Velázquez in each of them.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Diego
Family name: Rodríguez
Gender: male
Citizenship: Spain
Place of birth: Seville
Place of death: Madrid
Occupation: visual artist
Languages spoken: Spanish
Award: Order of Santiago
Student of: Francisco Pacheco
Genre: still life
Movement: Baroque
Image: Diego Velázquez Autorretrato 45 x 38 cm - Colección Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos - Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia.jpg
Work location: Italy

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Commons category: Diego Velázquez
date of death: 1660-08-07
topic's main category: Category:Diego Velázquez
Commons Creator page: Diego Velázquez
Commons gallery: Diego Velázquez
birth name: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
date of baptism: 1599-06-06
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
date of birth: 1599-00-00
sponsor: Philip IV of Spain
place of burial: Madrid
has works in the collection: Liria Palace
student: Tomás de Aguiar
different from: Diego Velazquez de Cuéllar
described at URL: www.uffizi.it/en/video/velazquez-at-the-uffizi
topic has template: Template:Diego Velázquez
depicted by: Self Portrait
member of: Order of Santiago

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Diego Velázquez, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660) was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.

He was an individualistic artist of the Baroque period (c. 1600–1750). He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diego Velázquez” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.