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DIEGO DE SILVA YVElAZQlJEZ

B()rn in Sn'iU.

Apprm'i"d '"

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Pach""

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painr<r '" Philip

IV in Madrid.

/nJlum"d by

TItian

App<Jin"d king"

gmt/urian ",1m-

iltu/J Rllhmr on

,",,,ion to Spanirb

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SabNtral in Italy.

inf/n"'ad by

Tin"'.-"'"in

J mi.,., S"";:(I"I:

"f ,Ilicb.lang'/(J

and ""pha</ in

ROln" """mT to

Madrid,. ... ""'arkt

PalmI panyaitJ,

r,ligiour and

clarrical mbjmr,

and bunting ,em"

To Italy. art

cdlutingfor king.

MUll" """illn and

B<nIini. Pai""

Inn"""'" X and

Rokcby Venus

RnllTm to

Madn'd.

Appoinud

Cbambn-lain

PainlJ p"nrai" </

"'''' q""" and

,hild,,,,, induding

La<,\lminos

Dj" in Madrid

,\brw"'; bI T eres:;, in ~ HI ue Dress (tktilil) (/659)

IN In/mI,a Margari'a _ tm cbarming em!raJ f'KIlr' from Los

,\ l enin'" (/656) _ b". 'WI" rnn"" and impriJ(J,ud by b ... formal call"

m-m. I aa::'l'u" t::aT inrrrut'.J '" paim ngular p"rtrai" of 1k pri",,,,,

,;:bicb ","', ,m, '" ,b, Awrri"" ",tin to T«ord b.,. gnrdng tip. Sb, bad

h«n INfTlJllNd ilJ a baby to Prine. lLopoJd

D

icgo de SiI," r \'d'Ujue, wen, to

M,dtid ",cling rur .. lp"run:tgt: .. nd,

with thc help of thc king's minis",r,

C oun, O li,,,,,,<, m.n .. gt:d n) S""'rt:, phtt .. ,

the Sp'nish Court bctore his ,wentr·fifth

binh,b r. Court l>lintcrS, h", ... ~,cr talcntcd, h .. d

to be a • .-.. re of ('()"'pl<:>: rituals, H:I:tUJun

, " .<:tiled into 'hc cur",n' th .. , had beL'J'I running

decp 'hrough ror .. 1 ponr .. iture ... ,hc public

im .. gt: of the Sp'ni,h Hapshurgs [had b<",."e I

codifiL,1 th rough thc in,erl" ... tati"", of Titi .. n

and Annmis ,\ to.-.'

It wi< an "h .. ntagt: ,h" \'d'UJun and

I)h~ip IV wert: both }"ung. Their dc,,:I(~)ing

friendship mUn' ,hOI ,he .. nist w .. s no'

o,'cr.wed br M.drid {'ti'lucttc and fonun"dr,

his 1-",rar.1 of ,he king won acttp"ntt

,traigh"w"r. Vcln'luez' carnT wen' fi'om

stn: ngth '0 strength, using the 'keen cJ'c .. nd

pmdigious Etcili,}, with ,hc bru,h' ,ha, his

,cacher .. nd hi"gr .. phcr P""hco no,,,,1 frum h ..

c:t rlicst d:lrs.

lIut hc p<.",,,,s,,,d mOrC ,h .. n • polished

""hniquc: Rube ns p",i",d his ~"odcsti. ...