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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
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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
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
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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
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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
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