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Diego Velázquez

1599 - 1660

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (baptised 6 June 1599 – 6 August 1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art. He was an individualistic artist of the Baroque period (c. 1600–1750). He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Diego Velázquez is the 16th most popular painter (up from 19th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Spain (up from 9th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Painter.

Diego Velázquez is most famous for his paintings of the Spanish royal family.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Diego Velázquez ranks 16 out of 2,023. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, Johannes Vermeer, Sandro Botticelli, and Edvard Munch. After him are Henri Matisse, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, and Giotto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, Diego Velázquez ranks 1. After him are Pope Alexander VII, Oliver Cromwell, Anthony van Dyck, Francesco Borromini, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Stefan Czarniecki, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, John Berchmans, and Andrea Sacchi. Among people deceased in 1660, Diego Velázquez ranks 1. After him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Vincent de Paul, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, William Oughtred, Judith Leyster, Pieter Claesz, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Francesco Albani, Louise de Marillac, Gevherhan Sultan, and George II Rákóczi.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego Velázquez ranks 5 out of 3,355. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), and Francisco Goya (1746). After him are Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Hernán Cortés (1485), and Pope Alexander VI (1431).

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Among PAINTERS In Spain

Among painters born in Spain, Diego Velázquez ranks 4. Before him are Pablo Picasso (1881), Salvador Dalí (1904), and Francisco Goya (1746). After him are Joan Miró (1893), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Francisco Pacheco (1564).

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