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Diego Velázquez

1599 - 1660

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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Knight of the Order of Santiago (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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Diego Velázquez has received more than 2,993,365 page views. His biography is available in 139 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 135 in 2019). Diego Velázquez is the 16th most popular painter (up from 18th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Spain (up from 10th 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 1,421. Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Albrecht Dürer, Edvard Munch, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, and Sandro Botticelli. After him are Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Titian, Donatello, and Gustav Klimt.

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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, Pieter van Laer, Andrea Sacchi, Ottavio Piccolomini, Christian the Younger of Brunswick, and John Berchmans. Among people deceased in 1660, Diego Velázquez ranks 1. After him are Vincent de Paul, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Judith Leyster, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Pieter Claesz, Gevherhan Sultan, Francesco Albani, William Oughtred, Ayşe Sultan, and Paul Scarron.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Diego Velázquez ranks 8 out of 2,932. Before him are Salvador Dalí (1904), Miguel de Cervantes (1547), Francisco Goya (1746), Antoni Gaudí (1852), Seneca the Younger (-4), and Averroes (1126). After him are Trajan (53), Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hernán Cortés (1485), Theodosius I (340), and Hadrian (76).

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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 Josefa de Óbidos (1630).

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