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In 1629, Velázquez received 100 ducats for the picture of Bacchus ( The Triumph of Bacchus ), also called Los Borrachos (The Drunks), a painting of a group of men in contemporary dress paying homage to a half-naked ivy-crowned young man seated on a wine barrel.
This is a list of paintings and drawings by the 17th-century Spanish artist Diego Velázquez. Velázquez is estimated to have produced between only 110 and 120 known canvases. [ 1 ] Among these paintings, however, are many widely known and influential works.
TitleDateDimensions ( Cm)Collection1617–161887 × 110Staatliche Museen, Berlinc. 1618108.5 × 102Hermitage, Saint Petersburgc. 162055 × 118National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin1618100.5 × 119.5National Gallery of Scotland, EdinburghAug 2, 2024 · As Philip IV’s court painter, Diego Velázquez painted many royal portraits, notably Las meninas (1656). Yet he was also known for popularizing the bodegón , or kitchen scene, in such early works as An Old Woman Cooking Eggs (1618).
Not until the upheavals caused by Napoleon’s Peninsular War (1808–14) was some of his work dispersed throughout Northern Europe. In the nineteenth-century, his paintings made an enormous impact upon artists, and to the present day Velázquez is remembered as the painter’s painter.
- Las Meninas. Date Created: 1656. Dimensions: 318 × 276 centimeters (125.2 × 108.7 inches) Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. Las Meninas is considered to be the ultimate masterpiece of the Spanish artist.
- Old Woman Frying Eggs. Date Created: 1618. Dimensions: 100.5 × 119.5 centimeters (39.6 × 47.0 inches. Location: Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- The Waterseller of Seville. Date Created: 1618-1622. Dimensions: 105 × 80 centimeters (41 × 31 inches) Location: Apsley House, London, United Kingdom. The Waterseller of Seville is another work of which the exact date is unclear and which dates back to the painter’s period in Seville.
- Portrait of Francisco Pacheco. Date Created: 1622. Dimensions: 41 x 36 centimeters (16.14 x 14.17 inches) Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain. The Portrait of Francisco Pacheco is one of the numerous portraits painted by Velázquez, but unlike the paintings of members of the royal family, this painting depicts somebody much closer to him.
Jan 1, 2016 · There, he entered the king’s service, remaining until his death in 1660. Much of his work was painted for the royal collection and later entered the Museo del Prado, where it remains today. Most of the paintings he made in Seville, however, entered foreign collections, especially from the 19th century onward.
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May 31, 2016 · On 15 February, the Times in London reported that 115 works by Goya, 43 by El Greco, 45 by Velázquez, 38 by Titian and 25 by Rubens had arrived safely in Geneva; among the paintings by...
