PPT ON DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ

1. DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ
PRIMARY 4
PDI LILIARTE 2018/2019
CEIPP SANTA MARÍA
(AS PONTES)

2. WHO WAS HE?
• Diego Velázquez was born in 1599 in Seville, Andalusia. He died in 1660.
• His full name was Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez-
• He was one of the most important painters of the Golden Age (1556-1659)
• He was the leading artist for King Philip IV
• An important artist during the contemporary Baroque Period
• His artwork was a model for realist and impressionist painters of this time

3. ARTWORK
• Velázquez’s most famous painting was “Las Meninas” (1656)
• He painted real scenes and realistic looking portraits.
• He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period. In addition to
numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted
scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and
commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).

4. OLD WOMAN FRYING EGGS (1618)

5. THE SURRENDER OF BREDA (1634-1635)
also known as THE LANCES

6. EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF COUNT-DUKE OF OLIVARES
(1636)

7. PHILIP IV OF SPAIN (1644)

8. LAS MENINAS (1656)

9. LAS HILANDERAS (1657)
THE SPINNERS

10. INFANTA MARÍA TERESA IN A BLUE DRESS (1659)

11. VELÁZQUEZ’S SELF-PORTRAIT IN LAS MENINAS

12. ONLINE RESOURCES
 Art with Mati and Dada – Velasquez: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBoqjcC6Uo
 Las Meninas: Is This The Best Painting In History?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKRKrpz09Fk
 Las Meninas facts for kids: https://kids.kiddle.co/Las_Meninas