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His catalog consists of about 120 or 130 works. His recognition as a universal painter came late, around 1850.[1] He reached his greatest fame between 1880 and 1920, coinciding with the time of the French Impressionist painters, for whom he was a reference. Manet was amazed by his work and described him as “painter of painters” and “the greatest painter who ever lived”. The main part of his paintings that were part of the royal collection are kept in the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was baptized on June 6, 1599 in the church of San Pedro in Seville. About the date of his birth, Bardi ventures to say, without giving further details, that he was probably born the day before his baptism, that is, on June 5, 1599.[2] This is how Pacheco described this period.

This is how Pacheco described this period of apprenticeship: “With this doctrine [of drawing] my son-in-law, Diego Velásques de Silva, grew up as a boy, who had an apprentice villager, who served him as a model in various actions and postures, either crying or laughing, without pardoning any difficulty. And he made for him many heads of charcoal and enhancement in blue paper, and of many other naturals, with which he gained certainty in portraying.”[20][21][20][21

ignacia de silva velázquez y pacheco

It can be observed that, since Velázquez disembarked in Genoa, and as it happened to him in his first trip, he transforms his pictorial style again, providing it with the light that had been so absent, by means of which he exaggerates the perspective and achieves the aerial perspective. These transformations would be in force until the end of his days.

Having been granted the Order of Santiago, to which he aspired so much, in 1659, he died in Madrid on August 6, 1660, after having suffered a long illness. He was buried the following day with all the honors of the Order of Santiago in the church of San Juan Bautista. His wife, Juana Pacheco, died seven days later.

familia de diego velázquez

Velázquez y Pacheco-1 y De Silva Velázquez y Pacheco-1 parecen representar a la misma persona porque: La misma persona. No estoy seguro de qué versión del nombre es finalmente la correcta, pero no es Velázquez porque el nombre debe escribirse Velázquez.

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diego velázquez, 1599-1660

Tras abandonar el taller de Herrera cuando tenía 12 años, Velázquez comenzó a trabajar como aprendiz con Francisco Pacheco, un artista y maestro de Sevilla. Aunque se le consideraba un pintor generalmente aburrido y poco distinguido, Pacheco expresaba a veces un realismo sencillo y directo en contradicción con el estilo de Rafael que le habían enseñado. Velázquez permaneció en la escuela de Pacheco durante cinco años, estudiando la proporción y la perspectiva y siendo testigo de las tendencias en los círculos literarios y artísticos de Sevilla.

A principios de la década de 1620, su posición y reputación estaban aseguradas en Sevilla. En 1618, Velázquez se casó con Juana Pacheco (1 de junio de 1602-10 de agosto de 1660), la hija de su maestro. Le dio dos hijas, su única familia conocida. La menor, Ignacia de Silva Velázquez y Pacheco, murió en la infancia, mientras que la mayor, Francisca de Silva Velázquez y Pacheco (1619-1658), se casó con el pintor Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo en la Iglesia de Santiago de Madrid el 21 de agosto de 1633.

Velázquez realizó otras obras notables en esta época. Los temas sagrados están representados en Adoración de los Reyes (1619, La Adoración de los Reyes Magos), y Jesús y los peregrinos de Emaús (1626, Cristo y los peregrinos de Emaús), que comienzan a expresar su realismo más punzante y cuidadoso.