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    Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
    Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
    Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)
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    Diego Velázquez (1599-1660)

    By Carl Justi

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    All throughout his fruitful career, Velázquez painted the powerful just as well as the ordinary Spanish people. His body of work bears the imprint of realism worthy of the greatest Flemish masters of the period, and despite outside influences, he undeniably succeeded in developing his own artistic principles. Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) is one of the world’s most famous artists. Representative of 17th-century European painting, he worked for the Spanish court and for the most important personalities, completing numerous portraits. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, passionate about the human figure, his oeuvreofhis long artistic career of more than forty yearsalso encompasses representations of daily life in the taverns of Spain. Considered the father of Spanish painting, Velázquez inspired entire generations of artists who followed him, including Picasso, Dalí, and Bacon. His mysterious painting Las Meninas, which contains the essence of his work, is still today an inexhaustible source for writing and research.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParkstone International
    Release dateApr 11, 2018
    ISBN9781683257004
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      Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) - Carl Justi

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      Carl Justi

      Diego Velázquez

      (1599-1660)

      The painters of every school who surround him in the museum of Madrid, and who are all very well represented, seem completely like fakers. He is the painter of painters.

      – Édouard Manet

      Contents

      Biography

      Seville, 1599-1623

      Madrid, 1623-1629

      The First Trip to Italy, 1629-1631

      Return to Madrid. The Buen Retiro Palace, 1630-1635

      The Torre de la Parada, 1635-1640

      The 1640s

      Second Trip to Italy, 1649-1651

      The Final Decade, 1651-1660

      List of Illustrations

      Self-Portrait, c. 1640

      Oil on canvas, 45 x 38 cm. Museu de Belles Arts de València, Valencia

      Biography

      6 June 1599 Christened in Seville in the Church of San Pedro.

      1609-1610 Trains under Francisco de Herrera the Elder.

      1610 Moves to the school of Francisco Pacheco.

      1617 Passes examination for the title of Master.

      1618 Marries Pacheco’s daughter, Juana de Miranda.

      1622 Journey to Madrid. Portrait of Don Luis de Gongora y Argote.

      1623 Return to Seville. Departure for Madrid. Appointed Painter to the King.

      1627 Participates in a competition for a painting on the subject The Expulsion of the Moors, which he wins. Appointed Gentleman Usher to the King (Uijer de cámara).

      1628-1629 Rubens arrives in Madrid on a diplomatic visit.

      1629 Rubens leaves Spain for England. Velázquez sails from Barcelona to Italy. Reaches Genoa from where he travels to Venice, Ferrara, and Rome. Prince Baltasar Carlos is born in Madrid.

      1630 In Rome. Paints a self-portrait (lost), Vulcan’s Forge, and Joseph’s Bloody Coat Brought to Jacob. Leaves Rome for Naples.

      1631 Returns to Spain.

      1632 Paints the portrait Don Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf.

      1633 Velázquez’s fourteen-year-old daughter, Francisca, marries Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. Together with Vicente Carducho inspects the quality of royal portraits in the palaces.

      1634 Hands over his post as Gentleman Usher to Martínez del Mazo. Completes battle scenes for the Hall of the Kingdoms in the Buen Retiro Palace.

      1635 The triumphal entry of the Cardinal Infante Ferdinand into Antwerp. The war with France begins.

      1636 Receives the appointment as Gentleman of the Wardrobe (Ayuda de Guarda Ropa).

      1640 A fire in the Buen Retiro Palace. Travels to Old Castile with Cano in search of paintings for the Buen Retiro Palace. Rubens dies. Philip IV acquires the Flemish artist’s works at the posthumous auction. Velázquez’s grandson, Jose, is christened.

      1643 Receives the appointment as Gentleman of the Bedchamber (Ayuda de cámera). Count-Duke of Olivares is exiled. Martínez del Mazo is appointed Painter to Prince Baltasar Carlos.

      1644 Among the King’s retinue in Aragón. Portrait of Philip IV. Queen Isabel of Bourbon dies. Francisco Pacheco dies in Seville.

      1649 Sails from Málaga to Genoa. The new Queen, Mariana of Austria, arrives in Madrid.

      1650 Elected a member of the Academy of Saint Luke in Rome. Accepted into the Congregazione dei Virtuosi in Rome. In this city, paints the portraits of Pope Innocent X, Cardinal Pamphili, Cardinal Camillo Massimi, Juan de Pareja, and others.

      1651 Returns from his Italian journey. The Infanta Margarita is born.

      1652 Appointed chief Chamberlain of the Imperial Palace. Velázquez’s grandson, Melchor Julian, is born.

      1654 Velázquez’s daughter, Francisca, dies. Renovation of the decoration of the Escorial begins.

      1655 Velázquez’s family moves to the Casa del Tesoro next to the Alcázar.

      1656 Paints his masterpiece Las Meninas.

      1658 Completes works in the Hall of Mirrors.

      1659 Installed as a Knight of the Order of Santiago. The portraits Prince Philip Prosper and Infanta Margarita Theresa (1651-1673) in a Blue Dress are sent to Vienna.

      6 August 1660 Velázquez dies.

      Seville, 1599-1623

      Spanish art flourished and reached its highest peak in the 17th century. In the late 16th and early 17th centuries, El Greco’s art shone forth brilliantly in Toledo. He was a master, uniting both the Byzantine and Italian heritage, who found a spiritual milieu for his religious, philosophical and moral convictions on the Iberian Peninsula. In Naples, Jusepe de Ribera, one of the staunchest devotees of tenebrism, was renowned. His art

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