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Diego de Silva y Velázquez was born in Sevilla in the year 1599 and died in Madrid in the 1660. He was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period and main artist in the court of King Felipe IV. He painted numerous portraits of the Spanish royal family and received prominent titles such as "Chamber Usher" and "Knight of the Order of Santiago". His works are highly realistic, that is, he portrays people as they are; the characters are full of feeling; the topics it covers are very varied; and gives your paintings a feeling of depth thanks to the contrasts of light and shadow.

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It occurs during his first years of life, until the death of Felipe III in 1623. It is his stage of formation and study towards the aspects of painting. Influenced by the Italian tenebrist current, he quickly opted for Baroque realism. During this period his artistic work goes through religious and popular themes, focusing on common aspects of everyday life. It is also during this period when he marries his teacher's daughter, a common practice at the time, to ensure the continuity of the profession within the family. Little by little the prestige and popularity achieved during this stage, and he projects it to settle in the Madrid court, in the midst of the reign of Felipe IV

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After Rubens' first visit to Madrid in 1630 and his first stay in Rome, influenced by Venetian painting, he abandons tenebrism and begins his concern for color, aerial perspective, and the nude.

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The one that covers the rest of his life, and starts from the assumption as king of Felipe IV, until the death of Velázquez in 1660. It presents different phases that go hand in hand with his second trip to Italy and life at court in Madrid .

At the same time, this stage is recognized for being the most proliferate and during its last years, the one that corresponds to its best works: Las Meninas and Las Hilanderas. Although during his second trip to Italy, he shows his works as a portraitist, with his Portrait of Pope Innocent X, he stands out with his talent.

A year before his death, he received from King Felipe IV the distinction of Knight of the Order of Santiago, an honor that has not been granted before or after any painter. Being part of the great distinction that was presumed within the Madrid courts.

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Baroque style
Genre: Religious painting
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1619
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Baroque style
Genre: Portrait
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: circa 1620
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Also known as: "Los borrachos"
Baroque style
Genre: Mythological painting
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1628
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Baroque style
Genre: Equestrian portrait
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1635
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Baroque style
Genre: Allegory
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: circa 1644
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Also known as: "El bufón el Primo"
Baroque style
Genre: Portrait
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: circa 1645
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Baroque style
Genre: Portrait
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: Circa 1653
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Also known as: The family of Felipe IV
Style: Spanish Baroque
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Measurements: 318 x 276 cm.
Year: 1656
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid
Las Meninas or The Family of Felipe IV is considered Velázquez's masterpiece. Multiple life-size portrait, in which the central character and protagonist is the Spanish Infanta Margarita Teresa of Austria (1651-1673), surrounded by: her servants called "meninas", personalities of the nobility and Velázquez himself

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Also known as: "Las hilanderas"
Baroque style
Genre: Literary allegory
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1657
Located at: Prado Museum, Madrid

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Baroque style
Genre: Portrait
Type: Picture
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Year: 1659
You are at: Vienna Art History Museum