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Diego Velázquez

1599–1660

Diego Velázquez. Self-Portrait, c. 1650.
Diego Velázquez. Self-Portrait, c. 1650.

Velázquez trained with Francisco Pacheco in Seville and became a leading painter at the Spanish court. His workshop history includes the labor of the enslaved Juan de Pareja, who accompanied him to Italy. Velázquez signed the documents leading to Pareja's freedom in 1654; Pareja continued as an independent painter.

Works

Las Meninas — Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

Las Meninas

Kitchen Scene — Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

Kitchen Scene

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670) — Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez

Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670)

Sources

Diego Velázquez, Self-Portrait, c.1650. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos, Museo de Bellas Artes de València. Public-domain reproduction via Wikimedia Commons. Portrait source · Licence