Diego Velázquez
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Diego Velázquez
(1599–1660) ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Alternative names | Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez; Diego Velazquez; Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez; Velázquez | ||
Description | Spanish painter and artist | ||
Date of birth/death |
6 June 1599 ![]() |
6 August 1660 ![]() | |
Location of birth/death | Seville | Madrid | |
Work location |
Venice (1629); Seville (1611–1622); Madrid (1622–1660); Rome (1629–1630); Naples (1630–1631); Rome (1636–1637); Italy (1649–1651) ![]() | ||
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Main gallery: Paintings by Diego Velázquez.
Portraits of Diego Velázquez[edit]
Autorretrato de Velázquez en Las Meninas.
- So-calledSelf-portrait
Florence, Uffizi Gallery, «It does not seem to be a likeness of Velazquez or by his hand» (López-Rey). Rejected by all specialists. - An ecclesiastic
Rome, Capitoline Museums. Regarded as a self-portrait by Curtis. Surely not by Velazquez. - Statue in Madrid
(C. García, 19th cent.).
- Statue in Madrid
(A. Marinas, 1899).
Portraits[edit]
- Maria Anna of Spain
1630, Madrid, Prado Museum - Felipe III on horseback
1634-35, Madrid, Prado Museum - Felipe IV in brown and silver
1632, London, National Gallery - Prince Baltasar Carlos
1634-35, Madrid, Prado Museum - Prince Baltasar Carlos, hunting
1635-36, Madrid, Prado Museum - The cardinal-infant Don Fernando of Austria, hunted
1634-36, Madrid, Prado Museum
1650, Galleria Doria
Other works[edit]
- The triumph of Bacchus (The drunks)
1628-29, Madrid, Prado Museum - Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan
1630, Madrid, Prado Museum - The Surrender of Breda (The Spears)
1635, Madrid, Prado Museum - The family of Felipe IV (Las Meninas)
1656, Madrid, Prado Museum - The fable of Arachne (The Spinners)
1657, Madrid, Prado Museum - Sibyl
1630, Madrid, Prado Museum
