Diego Velázquez (6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660)

Diego Velázquez, An Old Woman Cooking Eggs 1618.

Diego Velázquez was a Spanish artist. A leading painter at the court of 

King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal. He is considered one of the main 

representatives of Spanish painting.

Diego Velázquez, Immaculate Conception 1618.

Diego Velázquez, Saint Anthony the 

Great and Saint Paul the Anchorite 1634.

Diego Velázquez, Portrait of Philip IV in Armour 1626-1628.

Diego Velázquez, Portrait of Sebastián de Morra 1644.

The painting depicts the court jester under King Phillip IV 

of Spain.

Diego Velázquez, Thomas the Apostle 1619-1620.

Diego Velázquez, The Coronation of the Virgin Mary 

1635-1636.

Diego Velázquez, Juan Francisco 

Pimentel, 7th Duke of Benavente 1648.

Diego Velázquez, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke 

of Olivares 1636.

Spanish statesman (minister), favorite of King Philip IV. Actively 

intervened in Spain's foreign affairs and tried unsuccessfully to 

carry out domestic reforms. His policy, aimed at obliging Spain 

to return Holland, led to the renewal of the Eighty Years' War. 

Over the years his activities became more authoritarian, so 

the news of Olivares death was greeted with joy by both 

courtiers and the king's ordinary subjects.

Diego Velázquez, Portrait of the Jester 

Don Diego de Acedo 1644.

Diego Velázquez, The Nun Jeronima 1620.

Diego Velázquez, Equestrian Portrait of 

Elisabeth of France 1635.

Diego Velázquez, La Fuente de los Tritones 1657.

The work depicts the Fountain of Tritons (La Fuente 

de los Tritones), which is located in the gardens of the Campo del Moro 

of Madrid's Royal Palace, and was formerly located in the gardens of the 

Royal Palace of Aranjuez.

Diego Velázquez, The Farmers Lunch 1618-1619.