100 Great Artists

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DIEGO DE SILVA YVElAZQlJEZ


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ParoroJ

iIIarrinJl1mIa
Pach""

App<Jin"'/ Cou"
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

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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. ...
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