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Diego Velázquez

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Diego Velazquez was a Spanish painter and the leading artist of the court of King Philip IV, widely regarded as one of the greatest painters in the Western tradition for his mastery of naturalistic portraiture and painterly technique. His most celebrated work, Las Meninas, depicts the royal family and household with a complex, self-reflexive composition that includes the painter himself at work, and has been extensively studied for its sophisticated treatment of perspective, mirrors, and the relationship between viewer and subject. Velazquez's free, visible brushwork and his ability to capture the individual presence of his sitters, from royalty to court dwarfs, profoundly influenced later painters including Goya, Manet, and Picasso.

Facts
Partially Attested
Birth Year
1599 1
The source gives the baptism date, 6 June 1599, not a birth date; the birth year is taken from the baptism year.
Birthplace
Seville, Spain 1
The source states the baptism took place in Seville; it does not separately state the birthplace in this sentence.
Death Year
1660 1
Nationality
Spanish 1
Death Date
1660-08-06 1
Training
Six-year apprenticeship with Francisco Pacheco in Seville (contract signed 1611, backdated to 1610) 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Connections

Works Created

Las Meninas, Works
Source Wikipedia
Portrait of Innocent X, Works

Painted by Diego Velazquez, 1650.

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Sources
1. Diego Velazquez, Wikipedia
  • Lead, first sentence
    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.
  • Lead, dates in parentheses, baptism year
    baptised 6 June 1599
  • Early life, baptism sentence, place
    in Seville on Sunday, 6 June 1599.
  • Later life, death sentence, year
    He died on 6 August 1660.
  • Later life, death sentence, full date
    He died on 6 August 1660.
  • Early life, paragraph on the apprenticeship contract
    A contract signed on 17 September 1611, formalized a six-year apprenticeship with Pacheco, backdated to 10 December 1610
  • Gender reference
    Diego Velazquez was a Spanish painter and the leading artist of the court of King Philip IV, widely regarded as one of the greatest painters in the Western tradition for his mastery of naturalistic portraiture and painterly technique.
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