Diego Velazquez

BACKGROUND

• Seville Spain
• At the age of 11, he began a six-year apprenticeship with local painter Francisco Pacheco
• he married Pacheco's daughter, Juana
• 2 daughters

STYLE

• realistic
• influenced
• colors

Portait Artist

Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress

• 1650's
• Queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia

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Don Gaspar de Guzman

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The Surrender of Breda

Best Work

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Velázquez
• http://www.biography.com/people/diego-velázquez-38179
• http://www.diegovelazquez.org
• http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/artists/diego-velazquez