Diego Velzquez Brief Bio Born Diego Rodrguez de

Diego Velázquez

Brief Bio Born: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez in Seville, Spain on June 6, 1599 Wife: Juana Pacheco (daughter of his teacher) Children: 2 daughters (Francisca & Ignacia) Died: August 6, 1660 in Madrid, Spain Remembered as a great master of Western art – inspired Picasso and

Life Events Began an apprenticeship under local painter Francisco Pacheco at age 6 Diego Velázquez paints in the style of Realism and his paintings were revered for being so life-like Set up his own studio in 1617 after completing his apprenticeship and married Juana in 1618 He and his family moved to Madrid in 1622 where he painted a powerful count-duke who recommended Velázquez to King Philip IV He was appointed a painter in the king’s court Diego traveled to Italy from 1629 -1631 which inspired him to paint members of the royal family on horseback

Life Events cont. Along with being a royal portrait painter, Velázquez was also a wardrobe assistant and superintendent of palace works He returned to Italy in 1649 -1651 where he painted Pope Innocent X ◦ He also painted the Pope’s servant Juan de Pareja In 1656, after returning to Madrid, Diego painted his most famous work “Las Meninas” In 1658 Velázquez was named Knight of

Early Works Old Woman Frying an Egg (1618) The Lunch (1617) The Adoration of the Magi (1619)

Portraits Pope Innocent X Margarita Teresa Count-Duke of Olivares Don Sebastian de Morra Juan de Pareja King Philip IV

Most Famous Work: Las Meninas is a portrait of the future empress Margarita Teresa and her entourage painted in 1656. Included in the painting is Velázquez himself as well as King Philip and the Queen in a mirror on the

DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ “THE PAINTER OF PAINTERS”