{"id":226157,"date":"2025-06-19T09:29:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T09:29:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/artnews\/articles\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:46:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:46:54","slug":"tribute-to-diego-velazquez-426-years-old-on-june-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/en\/artnews\/artistes\/tribute-to-diego-velazquez-426-years-old-on-june-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Diego Vel\u00e1zquez &#8211; 426 Years Old on June 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">Diego <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">Rodr\u00edguez<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> de Silva y Vel\u00e1zquez <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">was<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">born<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> in 1599 in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">Seville<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW261998415 BCX0\">into<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> a minor <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">nobility<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">family<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">His<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> talent <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">was<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">such<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">that<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">he<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">was<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">quickly<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">entrusted<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> to Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576-1654) <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">before<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">joining<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> the studio of Francisco Pacheco (1564-1644) for six <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">years<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">His<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> master, a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">brilliant<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">intellectual<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">authored<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">treatise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.honorechampion.com\/fr\/editions-honore-champion\/10731-book-08534698-9782745346988.html\"> The Art of Painting<\/a> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">introduced<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">his<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW261998415 BCX0\">student<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> to the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">intellectual<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">circles<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> of the city of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">Seville<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">. The city <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">was<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">very<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">prosperous<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">benefited<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">from<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">trade<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">with<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\"> the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">Americas<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW261998415 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW261998415 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW244428281 BCX0\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244428281 BCX0\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SpellingErrorHighlight SCXW244428281 BCX0\">Painter&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW244428281 BCX0\"> Rise<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW244428281 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\"> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>From 1617, Diego Vel\u00e1zquez took flight and joined the guild of painters of Seville. He married and started a family with Juana, his master&#8217;s daughter, before making his first trip to Madrid. There he met the Count-Duke of Olivares, Gaspar de Guzm\u00e1n (1587-1645), an intermediary who enabled him to become painter to the king in 1623. He had previously painted mainly still lifes and genre paintings. He also received ecclesiastical commissions in his youth and throughout his career. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"545\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marthe-et-Marie.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, Sc&#xE8;ne de cuisine avec le Christ dans la maison de Marthe et Marie, v.1618, huile sur toile, 60 x 103,5 cm, Londres, National Gallery\" class=\"wp-image-226148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marthe-et-Marie.png 545w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marthe-et-Marie-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, Kitchen Scene with Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, c. 1618, oil on canvas, 60 x 103.5 cm, London, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/paintings\/diego-velazquez-christ-in-the-house-of-martha-and-mary\">National Gallery<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>This work forms a kind of synthesis between religious painting, genre scene, and still life. The title refers to the religious theme from the Gospels of Saint Luke in the New Testament (10:38 to 10:42). This passage recounts the moment when Martha welcomes Jesus into her home. A kind of duality between the earthly and heavenly worlds is created with the painting within the painting, a highly prized setting in Dutch painting. The genre scene and still life also draw from the Protestant Reformation culture in Holland. <\/p>\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW259988877 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259988877 BCX0\">The artist quickly found himself propelled into a career on a ladder. He became a chamber painter in 1628, the highest recognition. In 1629, he was offered a two-year trip to Italy by the crown under the influence of Rubens. In 1644, he became superintendent of royal works. This was followed by a second trip to Italy, this time for commercial purposes, from 1649 to 1651. Philip IV then appointed him <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW259988877 BCX0\">aposentador<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW259988877 BCX0\"> de palacio, court marshal. He was granted the title of hidalgo (gentleman) and ennobled by Philip IV a year before dying in 1660 of exhaustion due to the trying preparations for the union between the Infanta Maria Theresa and the King of France, Louis XIV.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW259988877 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marie-Therese.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, Portrait de l&#x2019;Infante Marie Th&#xE9;r&#xE8;se, 1653\/1654, oil on canvas, 71,1 x 60,5 cm, Paris, mus&#xE9;e du Louvre\" class=\"wp-image-226149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marie-Therese.png 318w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marie-Therese-256x300.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa, 1653\/1654, oil on canvas, 71.1 x 60.5 cm, Paris, <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.louvre.fr\/ark:\/53355\/cl010065933\">Louvre Museum<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6670802 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6670802 BCX0\">The Artist&#8217;s Development<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW6670802 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1}\"> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Although Andr\u00e9 F\u00e9libien (1619-1695) did not establish his hierarchy of genres until 1667, this classification was unofficially recognized in Europe. <\/p>\n\n<p>1-The Grand Genre (history and mythological painting) <\/p>\n\n<p>2-The Portrait <\/p>\n\n<p>3-The Genre Scene <\/p>\n\n<p>4-The Landscape <\/p>\n\n<p>5-The Still Life <\/p>\n\n<p>Thus, one of the first things that testifies to the painter&#8217;s fame is the types of commissions he received. Before 1623, religious iconographies, genre scenes, and still lifes were common. The entry into the court of King Philip IV of Spain focused his production on portraits and official representations. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"272\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adoration-des-mages.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, L&#x2019;Adoration des Mages, 1619, oil on canvas, Madrid, mus&#xE9;e du Prado\" class=\"wp-image-226146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adoration-des-mages.png 272w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/adoration-des-mages-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, The Adoration of the Magi, 1619, oil on canvas, Madrid, Prado Museum <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>From the 1630s until his second departure for Italy, Vel\u00e1zquez reached great artistic maturity. He produced mainly portraits and mythological and historical scenes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/innocent-X.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, portrait d&#x2019;Innocent X, 1650, oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm, Rome, Galerie Doria-Pamphilj\" class=\"wp-image-226147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/innocent-X.png 318w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/innocent-X-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, portrait of Innocent X, 1650, oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm, Rome, Doria-Pamphilj Gallery <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"379\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/philippe-Iv-a-cheval.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, Philippe Iv &#xE0; cheval, 1634\/1635, oil on canvas, 304 x 317 cm, Madrid, mus&#xE9;e du Prado\" class=\"wp-image-226154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/philippe-Iv-a-cheval.png 379w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/philippe-Iv-a-cheval-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, Philip IV on Horseback, 1634\/1635, oil on canvas, 304 x 317 cm, Madrid, Prado Museum <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-lances-.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, La reddition de Breda ou Les Lances, 1634\/1635, oil on canvas, 307 x 367 cm, Madrid, mus&#xE9;e du Prado\" class=\"wp-image-226151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-lances-.png 470w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-lances--300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, The Surrender of Breda or The Lances, 1634\/1635, oil on canvas, 307 x 367 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>During the last ten years of his life, his duties as court marshal were extremely demanding, leaving him little time to paint. He still managed to complete a few works, two of which enjoyed continued success. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"279\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-menines.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, Les M&#xE9;nines, 1656\/1657, oil on canvas, 318 x 276 cm, Madrid, mus&#xE9;e du Prado\" class=\"wp-image-226150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-menines.png 279w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-menines-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedagogie.ac-nantes.fr\/histoire-des-arts\/enseignement\/ecole\/xviieme-velasquez-les-menines-684107.kjsp\">Las Meninas<\/a>, 1656\/1657, oil on canvas, 318 x 276 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-fileuses-.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, The Legend of Arachne or The Spinners, 1657\/1658, oil on canvas, 220 x 289 cm, Madrid, Prado Museum\" class=\"wp-image-226152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-fileuses-.png 470w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/les-fileuses--300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, The Legend of Arachne or The Spinners, 1657\/1658, oil on canvas, 220 x 289 cm, Madrid, Museo del Prado <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240454203 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240454203 BCX0\">Techniques and Styles<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW240454203 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559731&quot;:0}\"> <\/span><\/h2>\n\n<p>Diego Vel\u00e1zquez learned the art of painting from Francisco Pacheco, a <a href=\"https:\/\/heuresitaliennes.com\/decouverte-et-ressources\/la-peinture-italienne-a-travers-les-collections-des-musees-de-hauts-de-france\/quest-ce-que-le-manierisme\/\">Mannerist<\/a> painter. This movement was characterized by the abandonment of anatomical rigor in favor of elongated figures, vivid colors, and the use of perspective.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pacheco.png\" alt=\"Francisco Pacheco, Le Jugement dernier, 1611\/1614, oil on canvas 338 x 235 cm, Castres, Mus&#xE9;e Goya\" class=\"wp-image-226141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pacheco.png 297w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pacheco-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Francisco Pacheco, The Last Judgment, 1611\/1614, oil on canvas, 338 x 235 cm, Castres, <a href=\"https:\/\/musees-occitanie.fr\/oeuvre\/le-jugement-dernier\/\">Goya Museum<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>The young painter thus created a kind of synthesis between his teachings and Caravaggio&#8217;s chiaroscuro. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vieille-oeufs.png\" alt=\"Painting representing an old lady cooking eggs in a dark and narrow room.\" class=\"wp-image-226139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vieille-oeufs.png 395w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vieille-oeufs-300x254.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, Old Woman Boiling Her Eggs, 1618, oil on canvas, 101 x 120 cm, Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\">Furthermore, his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivagedeboheme.fr\/pages\/arts\/peinture-17e-siecle\/diego-velasquez.html\">first trip to Italy<\/a> allowed the painter to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\">acquire<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\"> a broad pictorial culture. The admiration of painters such as Michelangelo, Tintoretto, Raphael, Giorgione, and many others <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\">somewhat modified<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\"> the painter&#8217;s palette and touch, and he even produced a View of the Garden of the Villa Medici that would inspire the Impressionists. \u00c9douard Manet described him <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW191917119 BCX0\">as: &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW191917119 BCX0\">The greatest painter who ever lived.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW191917119 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559731&quot;:0}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/villa-medicis.png\" alt=\"Diego Vel&#xE1;zquez, Vue du jardin de la Villa M&#xE9;dicis, le pavillon d&#x2019;Ariane, 1630, oil on canvas, 44 x 38 cm, Madrid, mus&#xE9;e du Prado\" class=\"wp-image-226138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/villa-medicis.png 360w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/villa-medicis-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Diego Vel\u00e1zquez, View of the Garden of the Villa Medici, Ariadne&#8217;s Pavilion, 1630, oil on canvas, 44 x 38 cm, Madrid, Prado Museum <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"456\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sisley.png\" alt=\"Table depicting a boat on the water near a house during a flood in Port-Marly\" class=\"wp-image-226140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sisley.png 456w, https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Sisley-300x227.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Alfred Sisley, The Boat During the Flood, Port-Marly, 1876, oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm, Paris, Mus\u00e9e d&#8217;Orsay <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Vel\u00e1zquez is a prodigious and internationally renowned painter. He was undoubtedly one of the wealthiest painters of his generation. <\/p>\n\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW23152586 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23152586 BCX0\">Find more information about the official portraitist of King Philip IV of Spain on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW23152586 BCX0\">our<\/span> <\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW23152586 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museumtv.art\/en\/program\/25872-velazquez-s00-e55\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Highlight Underlined SCXW23152586 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23152586 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">video-on-demand platform<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW23152586 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23152586 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW23152586 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559731&quot;:0}\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diego Rodr\u00edguez de Silva y Vel\u00e1zquez was born in 1599 in Seville into a minor nobility family. His talent was such that he was quickly entrusted to Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576-1654) before joining the studio of Francisco Pacheco (1564-1644) for six years. 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