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Diego Velázquez

1599 - 1660

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, (baptized 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 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Velázquez has received more than 3,163,747 page views. His biography is available in 146 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 139 in 2019). Diego Velázquez is the 19th most popular painter (down from 16th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Spain (down from 8th 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 19 out of 2,023. Before him are Francisco Goya, Johannes Vermeer, Henri Matisse, Paul Cézanne, Sandro Botticelli, and El Greco. After him are Paul Gauguin, Piet Mondrian, Titian, Gustav Klimt, Donatello, and Eugène Delacroix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1599, Diego Velázquez ranks 1. After him are Oliver Cromwell, Anthony van Dyck, Pope Alexander VII, Francesco Borromini, Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg, Stefan Czarniecki, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, Adriaen van Utrecht, Pieter van Laer, Ottavio Piccolomini, 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, Judith Leyster, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Gevherhan Sultan, Pieter Claesz, William Oughtred, Francesco Albani, Ayşe Sultan, and Louise de Marillac.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego Velázquez ranks 9 out of 3,355. Before him are Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Francisco Goya (1746), Seneca the Younger (-4), Averroes (1126), and Francisco Franco (1892). After him are Trajan (53), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), Hadrian (76), Theodosius I (340), 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), Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617), Francisco de Zurbarán (1598), Juan Gris (1887), Joaquín Sorolla (1863), Antoni Tàpies (1923), Enrique Simonet (1866), and Marià Fortuny (1838).

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