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Diego Velázquez

Diego Velázquez was a Spanish artist born in 1599. Velázquez contributed to the Baroque movement, worked in Italy, and died on August 6, 1660. Get notified when Diego Velázquez's biography is complete:

Caravaggio

How a murderer invented Baroque painting

1571-1610

Rembrandt van Rijn

Your sins and your good deeds will leave a mark

1606-1669

Judith Leyster

Jovial portraitist forgotten for 200 years

1609-1660

1501 1700

The first space race

Andreas Cellarius

Making marble move

Gian Lorenzo Bernini Diego Velázquez

Foppish men, elegant women, and cavalier style

Anthony van Dyck

Travel, socialize, paint lemons and beans

Giovanna Garzoni

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Diego Velázquez

The Triumph of Bacchus

Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid

Coronation of the Virgin

Self-portrait

Portrait of Sebastián de Morra

Juan de Pareja

Portrait of Pope Innocent X

Portrait of King Philip IV of Spain

Las Meninas