It was reported that a damaged painting long relegated to a basement of the Yale University Art Gallery might be an early work by Velázquez
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Diego Velázquez
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.
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culture · Spanish painter (1599–1660) · painter · artist · visual artist · also Diego Velázquez, Velázquez
Born 6 June 1599 · Died 6 August 1660 · Q297
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2009· 1 entry
The Portrait of a Man in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which had long been associated with the followers of Velázquez' style of painting, was cleaned and restored
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1958· 1 entry
A work entitled Velázquez Painting the Infanta Margarita With the Lights and Shadows of His Own Glory
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1957· 1 entry
When he recreated Las Meninas in 44 variations, in his characteristic style
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1925· 1 entry
The painting has previously been attributed to the 17th century Spanish school
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1828· 1 entry
Sir David Wilkie wrote from Madrid that he felt himself in the presence of a new power in art as he looked at the works of Velázquez, and at the same time found a wonderful affinity between this artist and the British sc
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1827· 1 entry
The president of the Royal Academy of Arts Sir Thomas Lawrence described it in a letter as "the true philosophy of the art"
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1660· 2 entries
Died 1660-08-06.
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“Raphael, to be plain with you, for I prefer to be candid and outspoken, does not please me at all.. ..It is Titian that bears the banner.”
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1652· 1 entry
Career landmark: Great Lodging Master of the Palace (1652).
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1599· 1 entry
Born 1599-06-06.
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