Diego velazquez biography of a little girl
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Young Girl
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Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez)Spanish
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Although Velázquez painted informal portraits of male sitters throughout his career, female likenesses are rare in his oeuvre. This enchanting image is the artist's only portrait of a child who was not a member of the royal family. The directness and immediacy of the likeness are the result of chromatic simplicity and a seemingly effortless handling of the brush. By leaving the girl's dress unfinished, Velázquez has portrayed the sequence of his pictorial process as well as his subject. He has conveyed the tenderness of the girl's skin and captured the silkiness of her hair so masterfully that the image transcends illusion and makes its beguiling subject startlingly present.
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Title:Young Girl
Artist:Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) (Spanish, Seville – Madrid)
Date:ca.
Medium:Oil
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Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter (–)
For other uses, see Diego Velázquez (disambiguation).
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez[a][b] (baptized 6 June &#;&#; 6 August ) 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.[5]
He was an individualistic artist of the Baroque period (c.&#;–). He began to paint in a precise tenebrist style, later developing a freer manner characterized by bold brushwork. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family and commoners, culminating in his masterpiece Las Meninas ().
Velázquez's paintings became a model for 19th century realist and impressionist painters. In the 20th century, artists such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and Francis Bacon paid tribute to Velázquez by re-interpreting some of his most iconic images.
Most of his work entered the Spanish royal collection, and by far the best collection is in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, although some portraits were sent abroad as diplomatic gifts, especially to the Austrian Habsburgs.