Diego Velázquez

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Baroque painter court painter human painter

Diego Velázquez was a leading 17th-century Spanish painter renowned for his masterful realism and influential works such as "Las Meninas," which made him a central figure of the Spanish Golden Age.

Observed surface forms (3)

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Velázquez 0 2
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez 0 1
Francisco Pacheco 0 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque painter →
court painter →
human →
painter →
birthName Diego Velázquez self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
citizenship Spain →
countryOfBirth Spain →
countryOfDeath Spain →
dateOfBirth 1599-06-06 →
dateOfDeath 1660-08-06 →
educatedBy Francisco Pacheco →
employer Philip IV of Spain →
era 17th century →
familyName Diego Velázquez self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Velázquez
fatherInLaw Diego Velázquez self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Francisco Pacheco
fieldOfWork painting →
genre genre painting →
history painting →
portrait painting →
religious painting →
givenName Diego →
influenced Francisco Goya →
Impressionism →
surface form: Impressionists

Pablo Picasso →
Realism →
surface form: Realist painters

Salvador Dalí →
Édouard Manet →
influencedBy Caravaggio →
Peter Paul Rubens →
Titian →
language Spanish →
movement Baroque →
Spanish Golden Age →
name Diego Velázquez self-link →
nationality Spanish →
notableWork Christ Crucified →
Las Hilanderas →
Las Meninas →
Old Woman Frying Eggs →
Portrait of Innocent X →
Rokeby Venus →
Siege of Breda →
surface form: The Surrender of Breda

The Triumph of Bacchus →
occupation painter →
partOf Spanish Golden Age →
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile →
Seville, Spain →
surface form: Seville
placeOfDeath Crown of Castile →
Madrid →
positionHeld court painter to Philip IV of Spain →
painter to the king →
residence Madrid →
Seville, Spain →
surface form: Seville
spouse Juana Pacheco →
styleCharacteristic masterful realism →
naturalistic representation of light →
visited Italy →

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National Gallery → collectionIncludesArtist → Diego Velázquez →
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Diego Velázquez → fatherInLaw → Diego Velázquez self-linksurface differs →
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Frick Collection → hasCollectionItemBy → Diego Velázquez →
Diego → hasFamousBearer → Diego Velázquez →
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Old Masters → hasNotableExample → Diego Velázquez →
Kimbell Art Museum → hasWorkBy → Diego Velázquez →
this entity surface form: Velázquez
Meadows Museum → hasWorkBy → Diego Velázquez →
Prado Museum → hasWorkBy → Diego Velázquez →
Western canon of art → includesArtist → Diego Velázquez →
Caravaggio → influenced → Diego Velázquez →
Peter Paul Rubens → influenced → Diego Velázquez →
Titian → influenced → Diego Velázquez →
Carolus-Duran → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
Fernando Botero → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
Francisco Goya → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
James McNeill Whistler → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
John Singer Sargent → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
Pablo Picasso → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
Édouard Manet → influencedBy → Diego Velázquez →
Diego Velázquez → name → Diego Velázquez self-link →
Spanish Renaissance → notableArtist → Diego Velázquez →
Spanish Golden Age → notablePainter → Diego Velázquez →
Philip IV of Spain → patronOf → Diego Velázquez →
Philip the Great → patronOf → Diego Velázquez →
subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain
Rey Planeta → patronOf → Diego Velázquez →
subject surface form: Philip IV of Spain
Margaret Theresa of Spain → portrayedBy → Diego Velázquez →