NAME OF PAINTER | DESCRIPTION |
DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ | He was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the Baroque period (c. 1600–1750). He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas |
NAME OF ARTIST | DESCRIPTION | CITY | COUNTRY/STATE |
BIRTHPLACE | HOUSE – C/ PADRE LUIS MARÍA LLOP, 4, 41004 | SEVILLE | SPAIN |
BAPTISM | CHURCH OF ST PETER | SEVILLE | SPAIN |
ALMA MATER | NO FORMAL EDUCATION READING, WRITING, AND MATH | HOME | HOME |
PAINTING NAME | ROKEBY VENUS – NATIONAL GALLERY | LONDON | UNITED KINGDOM |
PAINTING NAME | PORTRAIT OF INNOCENT X – DORIA PAMPHIJI GALLERY | ROME | ITALY |
DEATHPLACE | PRIVATE HOUSE | MADRID | SPAIN |
BURIAL | CHURCH HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED WHERE IS BURIAL SITE WAS. | MADRID | SPAIN |
STATUE | Statue of Velázquez (Madrid) | MADRID | SPAIN |