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Diego Velázquez

[Spanish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1660]

• Also known as:  Diego Velásquez
Diego Velázquez de Silva
• Relationships: Father-in-law of Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo.
Studied under Francisco Pacheco.
His lifelong studio assistant was Juan de Pareja.
Velázquez' students included Antonio Puga.
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Art Institute of Chicago Collection Database   NEW!
Kitchen Scene

Biblioteca Nacional de España (in Spanish)  

Diego Velazquez at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
11 works by Diego Velazquez

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Head of a Man in Profile, ca.1616
Luncheon, ca.1617
Portrait of Count-Duke Olivares, 1638

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
3 works

Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German)  

Diego Velazquez in the Louvre Museum Database, Paris (only available in French)

Diego Velazquez at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  
4 paintings by Diego Velázquez online

Diego Velazquez at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  
Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting

Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, Seville, Spain (in Spanish)  
(Click on "ampliar imagen" for a huge enlargement of the image)
Retrato de D. Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  
Paintings collection online

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
2 works online

Diego Velazquez at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
3 works by Diego Velazquez

Diego Velazquez at the National Gallery, London, UK
9 paintings online

Art Fund for UK Museums
4 works

Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia

Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
The Jester Calabazas

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Portrait of Philip IV on horseback, 1634-40

Frick Collection, New York City
King Philip IV of Spain, 1644

Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome (in Italian)  
Portrait of Innocent X, 1650

Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)  

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Don Pedro de Barberana

Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Female Figure (Sibyl with Tabula Rasa), ca.1648

Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
Portrait of King Philip IV, ca.1623-24

Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas
The Immaculate Conception, ca.1618

Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia, Spain (in Spanish)  

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Saint Paul

Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian)  
Many works online

Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Portrait of the Infanta Maria Teresa

Ringling Museum of Art, Florida
Philip IV, King of Spain, ca.1625/28

State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy

The Wallace Collection, London, UK
Prince Baltasar Carlos in Silver, ca.1633
The Lady with a Fan, ca.1630-50

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
Portrait of Maria Anna of Austria Queen of Spain, 1655-57

 
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Pictures from Image Archives:
Diego Velazquez in the Art Renewal Center

Diego Velazquez in the Artchive  

Artonline

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  

CGFA  

Rasiel's Wallpapers
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Web Gallery of Art  

WebMuseum  

Wikimedia Commons Image Database  

Aiwaz Panopticon   NEW!

Artyzm

California State University WorldImages Database  

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

Humanities Web  

ImageNETion

Olga's Gallery

The Athenaeum  
113 works online by Velazquez

USC Annenberg School for Communication

 
Other Web Sites:
Christie's
Saint Rufina

Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

The Modernist Journals Project   NEW!

 
Articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Diego Velazquez
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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia

International Herald Tribune
"Rome's Magnificent Homage to Velazquez," article by Roderick Conway Morris

The Guardian Newspaper, UK
Dwarf Sitting on the Floor, 1645

The Guardian Newspaper, UK
Prince Baltasar Carlos in Silver, 1632-33

The Guardian Newspaper, UK
The Water-Seller of Seville, ca.1620

The New York Observer
Article by Hilton Kramer: Manet/Velázquez: Brilliant Exhibit Crossing Pyrénées

  
 
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