Acclaimed for its blending of realism with atmosphere, and for its deeply sensitive appreciation of character, the work of Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez represents the undeniable pinnacle of the golden age of Spanish painting. Born in Seville but of Portuguese origin, he became court painter to Philip IV in 1623. A steady worker, using primarily sombre low-toned colouring, he met Rubens in 1628, and soon after made a first trip to Italy. The pictures painted there reveal a growing interest in both colour range and in the male nude. He only returned to Italy once again in the late 1640s, where he painted his famous portrait of Pope Innocent X and his only female nude, the "Rokeby Venus". But his greatness lies perhaps in his empathetic studies of such characters as the dwarf playmates of the royal children. The weathering of the skin, rags and mortality, as well as the ageing face of the despondent monarch increasingly preoccupied him in later years. The power, insight and brilliant technique of these paintings were to prove profoundly influential on such later artists as Manet, Delacroix, Picasso and Bacon.
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Museo del Prado, Las Meninas, Prince Baltasar Carlos, Torre de la Parada, Count-Duke of Olivares, New York, The Surrender of Breda, Buen Retiro, Infanta Margarita, Count of Olivares, Order of Santiago, Pope Innocent, Queen Mariana, Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Las Hilanderas, Las Lanzas, Royal Mews, Spanish Habsburgs, The Coronation of the Virgin, Don Pedro de Barberana, Emperor Ferdinand, Francisco Pacheco, Patrimonio Nacional, Paul the Hermit New!
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Museo del Prado, Las Meninas, Prince Baltasar Carlos, Torre de la Parada, Count-Duke of Olivares, New York, The Surrender of Breda, Buen Retiro, Infanta Margarita, Count of Olivares, Order of Santiago, Pope Innocent, Queen Mariana, Joseph's Bloody Coat Brought, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Las Hilanderas, Las Lanzas, Royal Mews, Spanish Habsburgs, The Coronation of the Virgin, Don Pedro de Barberana, Emperor Ferdinand, Francisco Pacheco, Patrimonio Nacional, Paul the Hermit New!
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