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Diego Velázquez
Olivares commanded Velázquez to move to Madrid, promising that no other painter would ever paint Philip's portrait and all other portraits of the king would be withdrawn from circulation. ... His impassive, saturnine face is familiar to us from the many portraits painted by Velázquez. -
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Las Meninas
Others speculate that Velázquez represents himself painting the Infanta Margarita. ... According to López-Rey, in no other composition did Velázquez so dramatically lead the eye to areas beyond the viewer's sight: both the canvas he is seen painting, and the space beyond the frame where the king and queen stand can only be imagined. -
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Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles
The Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles is a 1635 equestrian portrait of Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias by Diego Velázquez. ... Velázquez had been commissioned to paint a series of equestrian portraits meant for the Salón de Reinos at the palacio del Buen Retiro in Madrid, with this work meant to fill the gap between the two larger equestrian portraits of Balthasar's parents Philip IV and Elisabeth of France. -
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The Surrender of Breda
La rendición de Breda (English: The Surrender of Breda), also known as El cuadro de las lanzas or Las lanzas, is a painting by Velázquez, painted during the years 1634–35, and inspired while Velázquez was visiting Italy with Ambrosio Spinola, the Italian general who conquered Breda on June 5, 1625. ... Velázquez acquaintance with Spinola inspired Velázquez to paint The Surrender of Breda as a tribute to Spinola’s legacy. -
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Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja (1610-1670), a native of Seville (Spain) and mulatto son of a female slave, is primarily known as a member of the household and workshop of painter Diego Velázquez. ... Velázquez painted the Juan de Pareja as an exercise in preparation for his official portrait of Pope Innocent X. -
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Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (Velázquez)
Kitchen Scene in the House of Martha and Mary dates from Velázquez's Seville period, painted shortly after he completed his apprenticeship with Pacheco. ... In this case, Velázquez has painted the interior of a kitchen with two half-length women to the left (one an old woman who appeared in his Old Woman Cooking Eggs from the same period). -
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The Lady with a Fan (Velázquez)
The Lady with a Fan is an original painting of a woman wearing a black lace veil on her head and a dark dress with a low-cut bodice, by the renowned court painter Diego Velázquez of Spain. ... There is, however, only one evidential reference indicating that Velázquez painted a Frenchwoman. -
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Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter
Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter is a 1635 portrait of Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias by Velázquez. ... King Phillip IV commissioned Velázquez to paint a series of portraits on the theme of the hunt, all of which ere destined to adorn the pavilion that was buit in the mountain of Pardo, close to Madrid, called “La Torre de la Parada”. -
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Velazquez
Velázquez, also Velazquez, Velásquez or Velasquez, is a surname of Spanish origin. ... Diego Velázquez - court painter to Philip IV of Spain, most famous for Las Meninas -
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The Needlewoman (painting)
The Needlewoman (Spanish: La costurera) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Diego Velázquez, painted between 1635 and 1643. It is housed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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