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About me
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo roˈðɾiɣeθ ðe ˈsilβa i βeˈlaθkeθ]; baptized on June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).
Work / Education
Diego Velazquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Born: 06 June 1599; Seville, Spain
Died: 06 August 1660; Madrid, Spain
Active Years: 1616 - 1660
Nationality: Spanish
Art Movement: Baroque
Painting School: Seville School
Field: painting
Influenced by: Caravaggio, Titian
Influenced on: Gustave Courbet, Francis Bacon, Ilya Repin, Edouard Manet, Joshua Reynolds, Gerard Terborch, Oleksandr Murashko, Francisco Goya, Carolus-Duran, John Singer Sargent, Piotr Michałowski, Frank W. Benson
Teachers: Francisco Pacheco
Friends and Co-workers: Peter Paul Rubens
Family and Relatives: Francisco Pacheco
