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		A Young Man (possible self-portrait) 1623-1624

Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) is considered one of the most technically perfect artists of all time (Nicolas Pioch calls him a "painter's painter"). He was also one of the first artists to take as much interest in the common people and their affairs as in the aristocracy and royalty for whom he worked (I am nothing like an expert, but I think this is a tendency often found in Spanish painters - think of Goya's Prado de San Isidro, for example).


The Dwarf Francisco Lezcano, Called "El Niño de Vallecas" c. 1642-45	Las Meninas (Maids of Honor) 1656-57	Los Borrachos (The Feast of Bacchus) 1628	The Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback 1634

Aesop c. 1639-40	Pablo de Valladolid c. 1635	The Surrender of Breda Before 1635	Philip IV c. 1624-27

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Except for "A Young Man," these images are taken from Nicolas Pioch's totally awesome Web Museum (where they look a lot better than they do here). Any copyright that might exist over them therefore belongs to him or his contributors. "A Young Man" is taken from Olga's Gallery, which seems to be maintained by the entire Mataev clan. Thanks to all.

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