Diego Velázquez and Spanish Royal Masters

Diego Velázquez

A leading Spanish Baroque painter of the 17th century. He worked for many years as the court painter to King Philip IV of Spain, producing portraits of royalty and courtiers, historical paintings, religious works, and genre scenes. In his early period, he used a realistic tenebrist style with strong chiaroscuro, but after travels to Italy and elsewhere, he developed a unique style expressing light, atmosphere, and color with loose brushwork. Known for works such as "The Surrender of Breda," "Las Meninas," and "Portrait of Pope Innocent X," he is considered one of the most important painters in Western art history. In his later years, he also held positions within the royal court, and in 1658 he was knighted into the Order of Santiago.

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Year	Diego Velázquez
1599	Birth of Diego Velázquez (Period: June 6, 1599 (Baptismal date; birth is thought to have occurred a few days to a few weeks earlier), Location: Seville (Spain))
1610	Apprenticeship under Francisco Pacheco (Diego Velázquez, Age: 10 years old, Period: 1610–1617, Location: Seville (Spain))
1617	Joining the Seville Painters' Guild and authorization as an independent painter (Diego Velázquez, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1617, Location: Seville (Spain)) Beginning of career as an independent painter in Seville (Diego Velázquez, Age: 17 years old, Period: 1617–1622, Location: Seville (Spain))
1618	Marriage (Diego Velázquez, Juana Pacheco, Age: 18 years old, Period: April 23, 1618, Location: Church of San Miguel (Seville, Spain))
1623	Appointment as court painter to Philip IV (Diego Velázquez, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1623, Location: Madrid (Spain)) Relocation to Madrid and start of career as court painter (Diego Velázquez, Age: 23 years old, Period: 1623–1624, Location: Madrid (Spain))
1627	Victory in the court painters' competition (Diego Velázquez, Age: 27 years old, Period: 1627, Location: Madrid (Spain))
1629	First trip to Italy (Diego Velázquez, Age: 29 years old, Period: 1629–1630, Location: Venice, Rome, etc. (Italy))
1634	Creation of "The Surrender of Breda" (Age: 34 years old, Period: c. 1634–1635, Location: Madrid (Spain))
1635	Franco-Spanish War (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1635–1659, Location: Franco-Spanish border, Low Countries, Italy, Catalonia, etc.)
1640	Reapers' War (Catalan Revolt, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1640–1652, Location: Catalonia (Spain))
1644	Accompanying the King to Aragon and creation of the military portrait in Fraga (Age: 44 years old, Period: 1644, Location: Fraga (Aragon, Spain))
1649	Second trip to Italy (Diego Velázquez, Age: 49 years old, Period: 1649–1651, Location: Genoa, Milan, Venice, Modena, Rome, etc. (Italy))
1651	Appointment as Grand Marshal of the Palace (Diego Velázquez, Age: 51 years old, Period: 1651, Location: Madrid (Spain))
1656	Creation of "Las Meninas" (Age: 56 years old, Period: 1656, Location: Madrid (Royal Palace of Spain))
1658	Investiture into the Order of Santiago (Diego Velázquez, Age: 58 years old, Period: 1658, Location: Madrid (Spain))
1659	Treaty of the Pyrenees and peace between France and Spain (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1659–1660, Location: Pyrenees, Pheasant Island (Bidasoa River))
1660	Participation in the peace ceremony on Pheasant Island (Age: 60 years old, Period: June 1660, Location: Pheasant Island (Bidasoa River, Franco-Spanish border)) Death of Diego Velázquez (Age: 61 years old, Period: August 6, 1660)

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