Diego Velázquez, born in Seville on June 6, 1599, is still considered one of the most important portrait painters of his time. He worked primarily as a painter at the court of the Spanish King Philip IV. Here he created his most famous work "Las Meninas" (The Royal Family).
Diego Velázquez was a student of Peter Paul Rubens. He was later appointed curator of the Royal Art Collection in Madrid. His portraits convey an almost plastic expression through precise brushwork. Although Velázquez was a master of his craft, he was plagued throughout his life by doubts regarding his art and life. He was considered a quiet and reserved person. He expressed this time and again in his paintings. They are pictures full of silence, order, symbolism and mysticism. The figures in his works sometimes seem stiff and wooden in their body language.
Life was elusive for Diego Velázquez, he also doubted its eternity. But it was precisely out of this doubt that his later paintings became more experimental. Clear contours blurred, many works were created inspirationally while painting, were no longer laboriously designed and prepared. It was precisely this style that influenced many later painters such as Francisco de Goya or the Impressionist Édouard Manet.
The symbolism of his works opened many possibilities of interpretation and interpretation to scholars. Diego Velázquez died on August 6, 1660 in Madrid.
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.jpg "Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Coronation of the Virgin, 1635-1636 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Don Sebastian de Morra, c.1643-44 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "View of the Garden of the Villa Medici in Rome by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Venus at Her Mirror by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Pope Innocent X, called Giambattista Pamfili by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Pope Innocent X by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion, ca 1632-1633 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Adoration of the Magi. Detail of the heads of the wise kings. Painting by Diego Velasquez by Diego Velázquez")
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_in_a_pink_Dress_pa_-_(MeisterDrucke-959786).jpg "Portrait of the Infanta Margaret Theresa in a pink Dress by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Supper at Emmaus by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Christ in the House of Martha and Mary by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Bacchus or The Drunkards, 17th Century by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sebastian de Morra, c1645 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Margaret Theresa, Infanta of Spain and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire by Diego Velázquez")
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_Painting_by_Diego_Rodriguez_-_(MeisterDrucke-1024675).jpg "Portrait of Dona Maria, Queen of Hungary by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Three Musicians by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Apostle St. Thomas, c.1619-20 by Diego Velázquez")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899679).jpg "St. John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Cristobal Jester of Castaneda Vetu in Turkish by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (detail) by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Christ after the Flagellation Contemplated by the Christian Soul (detail) by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Christ Alive on the Cross at Calvary, 1631 by Diego Velázquez")
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 c1632 - (MeisterDrucke-113996).jpg "King Philip IV of Spain (1605-65), c.1632 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Aesop, Greek Writer by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "A Spanish Gentleman, Probably Jos Nieto, Chamberlain To Queen Mariana of Austria, Wife of Philip IV by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Infanta Don Margarita de Austria, c1660 by Diego Velázquez")
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_future_queen_of_France_Paintin_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030147).jpg "Portrait of the Infanta Marie Therese (1638-1683), future Queen of France. Painting by Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Philip IV of Spain in Brown and Silver by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Adrian Pulido Pareja by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Lunch by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Don Gaspar de Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Equestrian portrait of Elisabeth de France, wife of Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Adoration of the Magi by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of a jester known as Don Juan of Austria by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Water Seller of Seville, c.1620 by Diego Velázquez")
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_king_of_Spain_in_hunting_suit_at_30_years_old_-_(MeisterDrucke-999185).jpg "Portrait of Philip IV, king of Spain in hunting suit at 30 years old by Diego Velázquez")
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_Gaspar_-_(MeisterDrucke-1318502).jpg "Portrait of the Count Duke of Olivares. Gaspar de Guzman y Pimentel, Count of Olivares and Duke of Sanlucar la Mayor, Spanish royal minister and favorite. Painting by Diego Velazquez by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Equestrian Portrait of Margarita of Austria by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj, 1649-1650 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Luncheon, c.1617 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Prince Baltasar Carlos on Horseback by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Madre Maria Jeronima de la Fuente by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Reduction of Breda, Thirty Years War, 1625 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Philip IV, King of Spain, c1626 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "St. Paul by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Baltasar Carlos of Spain by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Pope Innocent X, c1650 by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Buffoon")
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 of Spain c1656 - (MeisterDrucke-60930).jpg "Philip IV of Spain, c.1656 by Diego Velázquez")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-993942).jpg "The God of War Mars by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "St. Anthony the Abbot and St. Paul the First Hermit by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Abbess Jerónima de la Fuente by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "The Lady with a Fan by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Las Meninas, or The Family of Felipe IV by Diego Velázquez")
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.jpg "Villa Medicis in Rome, Two Men at the Entrance of the Cave of the Loggia Under Construction by Diego Velázquez")
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