Artist: Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660)
Nationality: Spanish
Movement: Spanish School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Born into a prominent family as Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez, he originally studied philosophy and language to become a lawyer like his father. However, his talent for drawing encouraged his career in art and he studied under Herera and Pacheco. After marrying the latter's daughter in 1618, Velázquez moved to Madrid and abandoned his subdued domestic subjects for a more color palette that he applied to portraiture. He was the leading court painter for the Spanish nobility, although his reputation did not extend outside of Spain.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
Click the artwork titles below to see actual examples of artwork or works of art relevant to works by Diego Velazquez.

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Portrait of a Man, ca. 1630 Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)Oil on
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The Supper at Emmaus, 1622-23 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)Oil on canvas;
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Mariana of Austria (1634-1696), Queen of Spain Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
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Juan de Pareja (born about 1610, died 1670), 1650 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
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Diego Rodriquez de Silva Velazquez - A Man 1623-30 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Spanish
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Don Gaspar de Guzmán (1587-1645), Count-Duke of Olivares, ca. 1635 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y
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María Teresa (1638-1683), Infanta of Spain, 1651-54 Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599-1660)Oil
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Diego Velazquez - The Needlewoman c. 1640-1650 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Spanish
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Diego Velazquez - Portrait of a Man c. 1651-1652 oil on canvas Chrysler Museum of Art Spanish
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Philip IV (1605-1665), King of Spain, probably 1624 Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y
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Diego de Velazquez - The Jester Calabazas c. 1631-32 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Spanish
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Diego Velazquez - Don Pedro de Barberana c. 1631-33 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum Spanish
Museum of Fine Arts -
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Diego Rodriquez de Silva Velazquez - King Philip IV of Spain 1644 oil on canvas The Frick Collection Spanish
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco Goya y Lucientes After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 After Unknown
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the Assistant to Valezquez Date: 1960
Museum of Fine Arts -
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Luis de Gongora y Argote 1622 Oil
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Fan Netherlands (?), about 1750 Skin
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Salvator Dali - Portrait of Juan de Pareja, the Assistant to Velazquez 1960 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Spanish
Museum of Fine Arts -
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish, 1746-1828 After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish,
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Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Philip IV, King of Spain
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Diego Rivera Self-portrait Lithograph 1930
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Studio of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Infanta Maria Theresa 1653 Oil
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Diego Rivera Study of Hands Graphite 1921
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Michel Sittow - Portrait of Diego de Guevara c. 1515-1518 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Netherlandish
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Diego Rivera Two Women and a Child oil on canvas 1926
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Diego Rivera Zapata Lithograph on Rives BFK paper 1932
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Salvador Dali - Velazquez Painting the Infanta Margarita with the Lights and Shadows of His Own Glory 1958 Oil on canvas Salvador Dali Museum Spanish
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Diego Rivera Sleeping Family Lithograph on Rives BFK paper 1932
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Diego Rivera Market Lithograph over color linoleum block 1930
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Don Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf 1632
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Diego Rivera Fruits of Labor Lithograph on Rives BFK paper 1932
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Diego Rivera Open Air School Lithograph on Rives BFK paper 1932
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Edouard Manet Les petits cavaliers (The little cavaliers), pl. 2 from the portfolio Huit gravures ‡ l'eau forte par Manet (Eight etchings by Manet) (Paris: Cadart, 1862) after a painting attributed to Diego Rodrigo de Silva y Vel·squez Etching o
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Diego Rivera Woman's Head Black chalk on wove paper 1926
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Diego Rivera Christ black chalk over graphite on wove paper 1926
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Diego Rivera A Good Load brush and black ink over graphite on laid paper 1925
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Streeter Blair - Meadow Lark Ranch- San Diego County 1951 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Diego Rivera Mexican Woman with Corn (Girl Selling Corn) Black chalk on laid paper 1926
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Magda Santonastasio Meinschatz with poems by the artist (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) book with six color etchings and poems by the artist 1987
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Magda Santonastasio Black nightä, plate 1 in the book, Meinschatz with poems by the artist (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) color etching 1987
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Magda Santonastasio Boiling of the oceanä, plate 6 in the book, Meinschatz with poems by the artist (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) color etching 1987
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Magda Santonastasio Spool of tendernessä, plate 5 in the book, Meinschatz with poems by the artist (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) color etching 1987
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Magda Santonastasio The coral necklaceä, plate 4 in the book, Meinschatz with poems by the artist (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) color etching 1987
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María Teresa (1638-1683), Infanta of Spain, 1644-45 Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo (Spanish, born about
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Magda Santonastasio The ring-dove fliesä, plate 2 in the book, Meinschatz with poems by the artist (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) color etching 1987
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Diego Rivera Figure Study for Earth in the fresco,The Oppressed Earth, in the Agricultural School at Chapingo Graphite on Arches Canson and Montgolfier laid paper 1926
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Magda Santonastasio The ring-dove steersä, plate 3 in the book, Meinschatz with poems by the artistrtist, author (San Diego: Tuhana Press, 1987) color etching 1987
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez Portrait of a Man oil on canvas 17th century
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez Velasquez Studio Etching 16th - 17th century
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez Dona Mariana of Austria, Queen of Spain oil on canvas 1649
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John Stoll Gate of San Diego Drypoint 19th - 20th century
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John Stoll Gate of San Diego Drypoint 19th - 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Diego Pignatelli d"Aragona (1687-1750), sketch Francesco Solimena (Italian, Neapolitan, 1657-1747)Oil on canvas; 23 1/4 x
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Diego Rivera Portrait of Arthur Brown, Jr. (A study for the fresco at the California School of Fine Arts , San Francisco, now the San Francisco Art Institute) red and black chalk on Ingres d*Arches laid paper 1931
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Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez - The Birth of the Virgin 1755-57 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art Spanish
J. Paul Getty Museum -
A Monk Carrying a Cross
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Diego Froncoso S. Ignacio de Loiola. Fundador de la ConpaÒia de Jesus.(St. Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus) Engraving 18th century
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Yvonne Jacquette Clouds Obscuring San Diego 1987
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Bern Untitled ( Franciscan friar), from the first page of a panegyric oration in a celebration by the barefoot Franciscans of San Diego of Mexico on 4 September 1757 Engraving circa 1690
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Diego Rivera - Montserrat 1911 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Mexican
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Diego Rivera - The Weaver 1936 tempera and oil on c The Art Institute of Chicago Mexican
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A Rose, 1907 Thomas P. Anshutz (1851-1912)AmericanOil on canvas; 58 x 43 7/8 in. (147.3
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Diego Rivera - Two Women 1914 Oil on Canvas Arkansas Arts Center Mexican
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Diego Froncoso Coat of Arms on page 2 of a sermon and prayers dedicated to SeÒor Don Domingo de Trespalacios y Escandon(IMPRESSO CON LICENCIA,/ En Mexico, por los Herederos de la Viuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal. AÒo de 1758) Engraving 1758
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The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim, Relief, 16th century (1567-68) By Diego de
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez El Ni`no De Vallecas...eighteenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]) Lithograph 16th - 17th century
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez Reunion De Bebedores.(the drinkers)...sixteenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]) Lithograph 16th - 17th century
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez Retrato De Un Anciano...(Portrait of an Ancient One)...seventeenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]) Lithograph 16th - 17th ce
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez El Dios Marte.(The God Mars)...fifteenth plate in the book...El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]) Lithograph 16th - 17th century
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Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velasquez Esopo.Retrato De Un Viejo Descamisado...(Portrait of a poor old man)...nineteenth plate in the book... El Real Museo de Madrid y las joyas de la pintura en Espana ([Madrid]: Juan JosÈ Martinez, [1857]) Lithograph

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