Category Archives: Velazquez

An Old Woman Cooking Eggs by Velazquez

My featured painting today is another by Velazquez.  It is entitled An Old Woman Cooking Eggs and Velazquez completed it in 1618.  It is an example of his kitchen scene creations which he made popular in the early seventeenth century … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Art Blog, Art display, Spanish painters, Velazquez | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

The Waterseller of Seville by Velazquez

At the end of this week we are off on a five-day jaunt to Spain to sample the delights of the Spanish Paradores and so I thought it would be fitting to have my next few blogs focus on Spanish … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Art Blog, Art display, Spanish painters, Velazquez | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

El bufón don Sebastián de Morra by Velázquez

The oil on canvas painting featured in My Daily Art Display today is a somewhat unusual, and to me, disturbing portrait by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velázquez entitled El bufón don Sebastián de Morra.  Sebastián de Morra was a … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Art Blog, Art display, Art History, Portraiture, Spanish painters, Velazquez | Leave a comment

Las Meninas, after Velazquez by Pablo Picasso

The last art gallery I visited when I was in Vienna earlier this month was the Albertina.  They were advertising two main exhibitions, one of Michaelangelo sketches and one of works by Picasso.  I made this gallery my last port … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Art display, Art History, Pablo Picasso, Spanish painters, Velazquez | Leave a comment

Las Meninas by Velazquez

My Daily Art Display painting of the day is Las Meninas (the Maids of Honour), an oil on canvas work by Diego Rodriquez de Silva y Velázquez.  He completed this painting in 1656 just four years before his death at … Continue reading

Posted in Art, Art display, Art History, Spanish painters, Velazquez | Leave a comment