Diego Velázquez
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- | '''Diego Velázquez''' ([[June 6]], [[1599]] – [[August 6]], [[1660]]) was a [[Spanish painter]], best-known for his ''[[Rokeby Venus]]''. | + | '''Diego Velázquez''' ([[June 6]], [[1599]] – [[August 6]], [[1660]]) was a [[Spanish painter]], best-known for his paintings ''[[Las Meninas]]'' and the ''[[Rokeby Venus]]''. |
He was the leading artist in the [[Noble court|court]] of King [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip IV]]. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary [[baroque]] period, important as a portrait artist. He lived in [[Italy]] for a year and a half from 1629 to 1631 with the purpose of traveling and studying works of art. In 1649 he traveled to Italy again. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he created scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece, ''[[Las Meninas]]'' (1656). | He was the leading artist in the [[Noble court|court]] of King [[Philip IV of Spain|Philip IV]]. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary [[baroque]] period, important as a portrait artist. He lived in [[Italy]] for a year and a half from 1629 to 1631 with the purpose of traveling and studying works of art. In 1649 he traveled to Italy again. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he created scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece, ''[[Las Meninas]]'' (1656). | ||
From the first quarter of the [[17th century|nineteenth century]], Velázquez's artwork was a model for the [[realism (arts)|realist]] and [[impressionism|impressionist]] painters, in particular [[Édouard Manet]]. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain's [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Salvador Dalí]], as well as the Anglo-Irish painter [[Francis Bacon (painter)|Francis Bacon]] have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous works. | From the first quarter of the [[17th century|nineteenth century]], Velázquez's artwork was a model for the [[realism (arts)|realist]] and [[impressionism|impressionist]] painters, in particular [[Édouard Manet]]. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain's [[Pablo Picasso]] and [[Salvador Dalí]], as well as the Anglo-Irish painter [[Francis Bacon (painter)|Francis Bacon]] have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous works. | ||
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+ | Velázquez was not prolific; he is estimated to have produced between only 110 and 120 known canvases. Among these paintings, however, are many widely known and influential works. | ||
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+ | *''[[Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan]] (Apolo en la Fragua de Vulcano)'' (1630) – <small>Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Velázquez)|Christ in the House of Martha and Mary]]'' (1618) – <small>Oil on canvas, 63 x 103.5 cm, [[National Gallery, London]]</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Christ Crucified (Velázquez)|Cristo crucificado]]'' (1631) – <small>Oil on canvas, 248 x 169 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Democritus]]'' (c. 1630) – <small>Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm, [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen|Musée des Beaux-Arts]], [[Rouen]]</small> | ||
+ | *''[[The Triumph of Bacchus|El Triunfo de Baco (Los borrachos)]]'' (1628–1629) – <small>Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Temptation of St Thomas (Velázquez)|Temptation of St. Thomas]]'' (1632) – <small>Oil on canvas, 244 x 203 cm, Museum of [[Orihuela Cathedral]], Spain</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Equestrian portrait of Duke de Olivares]]'' (1634) – <small>Oil on canvas, 313 x 239 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''Esopo'' (1639–1640) – <small>Oil on canvas, 179 × 94 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''Imposición de la casulla a [[San Ildefonso]]'' (1623) – <small>Oil on canvas, 165 × 115 cm, Museo de Bellas Artes, [[Seville]]</small> | ||
+ | *''[[:Image:Diego Velázquez 017.jpg|Old Woman Frying Eggs]]'' (c. 1618) – <small>Oil on canvas, 105 × 119 cm, [[National Gallery of Scotland|National Gallery]], Edinburgh</small> | ||
+ | *''La reina Isabel de Borbón a caballo'' (1629) – <small>Oil on canvas, 301 x 314 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Las Hilanderas (Velázquez)|Las Hilanderas]]'' (''The Fable of Arachne'') (c. 1657) -<small>Oil on canvas, 167 × 252 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Las Meninas]]'' (1656) -<small> Oil on canvas, 318 × 276 cm </small> | ||
+ | *''[[Mars Resting]]'' (1640) -<small> Oil on canvas, 179 × 95 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''Menipo'' (1639–1640) – <small>Oil on canvas, 179 × 94 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] and [[Argus Panoptes|Argus]]'' (1659) – <small>Oil6 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid </small> on canvas, 127 × 248 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (São Paulo)|Portrait of Count Duke of Olivares]]'' (1624) – <small>Oil on canvas, 202 x 107 cm, [[São Paulo Museum of Art]], São Paulo</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (Hermitage)|Portrait of Duke de Olivares]]'' (1635) -<small> Oil on canvas, 67 × 54.5 cm, [[Hermitage Museum]], St. Petersburg</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Portrait of Innocent X]]'' (c. 1650) -<small> Oil on canvas, 141 x 119 cm, [[Galleria Doria Pamphilj]], Rome</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Portrait of Juan de Pareja]]'' (1650) -<small> Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 69.9 cm, [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], New York City</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Jerónima de la Asunción|Portrait of Mother Jerónima de la Fuente]]'' (1620) – <small>Oil on canvas, 79 x 51 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Rokeby Venus]]'' (''La Venus del espejo'', c. 1648–1651) – <small>Oil on canvas, 122 × 177 cm, [[National Gallery, London]]</small> | ||
+ | *''[[The Surrender of Breda]]'' (1633–1635) – <small>Oil on canvas, 307 × 367 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Adoration of the Magi (Velázquez)|The Adoration of the Magi]]'' (1619) – <small>Oil on canvas, 203 × 125 cm, [[Museo del Prado]], Madrid</small> | ||
+ | *''[[The Lady with a Fan]]'', (c. 1638–1639) – <small>Oil on wood, 69 x 51 cm, [[Wallace Collection|The Wallace Collection]], London</small> | ||
+ | *''[[The Lunch (Velázquez)|The Lunch]]'' (c. 1617) – <small>Oil on canvas, 108 x 102 cm, [[Hermitage Museum]], St. Petersburg</small> | ||
+ | *''[[The Waterseller of Seville (Velázquez)|The Waterseller of Seville]]'' (c. 1620) – <small>Oil on canvas, 105 × 80 cm, [[Apsley House]], London</small> | ||
+ | *''[[San Pablo (Velázquez)|San Pablo]]'' (c.1618) – <small>Oil on canvas, 99 x 78 cm, [[Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya]], Barcelona</small> | ||
+ | *''[[Portrait of Sebastián de Morra]]'' | ||
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Diego Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660) was a Spanish painter, best-known for his paintings Las Meninas and the Rokeby Venus.
He was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. He lived in Italy for a year and a half from 1629 to 1631 with the purpose of traveling and studying works of art. In 1649 he traveled to Italy again. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he created scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece, Las Meninas (1656).
From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez's artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, in particular Édouard Manet. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain's Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, as well as the Anglo-Irish painter Francis Bacon have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous works.
Selected works
Velázquez was not prolific; he is estimated to have produced between only 110 and 120 known canvases. Among these paintings, however, are many widely known and influential works.
- Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (Apolo en la Fragua de Vulcano) (1630) – Oil on canvas, 223 x 290 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) – Oil on canvas, 63 x 103.5 cm, National Gallery, London
- Cristo crucificado (1631) – Oil on canvas, 248 x 169 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Democritus (c. 1630) – Oil on canvas, 101 x 81 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
- El Triunfo de Baco (Los borrachos) (1628–1629) – Oil on canvas, 165 x 225 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Temptation of St. Thomas (1632) – Oil on canvas, 244 x 203 cm, Museum of Orihuela Cathedral, Spain
- Equestrian portrait of Duke de Olivares (1634) – Oil on canvas, 313 x 239 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Esopo (1639–1640) – Oil on canvas, 179 × 94 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso (1623) – Oil on canvas, 165 × 115 cm, Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville
- Old Woman Frying Eggs (c. 1618) – Oil on canvas, 105 × 119 cm, National Gallery, Edinburgh
- La reina Isabel de Borbón a caballo (1629) – Oil on canvas, 301 x 314 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Las Hilanderas (The Fable of Arachne) (c. 1657) -Oil on canvas, 167 × 252 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Las Meninas (1656) - Oil on canvas, 318 × 276 cm
- Mars Resting (1640) - Oil on canvas, 179 × 95 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Menipo (1639–1640) – Oil on canvas, 179 × 94 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Mercury and Argus (1659) – Oil6 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid on canvas, 127 × 248 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid</small>
- Portrait of Count Duke of Olivares (1624) – Oil on canvas, 202 x 107 cm, São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo
- Portrait of Duke de Olivares (1635) - Oil on canvas, 67 × 54.5 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
- Portrait of Innocent X (c. 1650) - Oil on canvas, 141 x 119 cm, Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome
- Portrait of Juan de Pareja (1650) - Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 69.9 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
- Portrait of Mother Jerónima de la Fuente (1620) – Oil on canvas, 79 x 51 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Rokeby Venus (La Venus del espejo, c. 1648–1651) – Oil on canvas, 122 × 177 cm, National Gallery, London
- The Surrender of Breda (1633–1635) – Oil on canvas, 307 × 367 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- The Adoration of the Magi (1619) – Oil on canvas, 203 × 125 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid
- The Lady with a Fan, (c. 1638–1639) – Oil on wood, 69 x 51 cm, The Wallace Collection, London
- The Lunch (c. 1617) – Oil on canvas, 108 x 102 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
- The Waterseller of Seville (c. 1620) – Oil on canvas, 105 × 80 cm, Apsley House, London
- San Pablo (c.1618) – Oil on canvas, 99 x 78 cm, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
- Portrait of Sebastián de Morra