December 14, 2006 A Painter of Our Time Diego Velázquez was a restless innovator, a painter who slyly revealed the ordinariness of his exalted subjects–one is almost tempted to call him modern.

Diego Velazquez, born in Seville, was appointed a court painter as a young man in Madrid in 1624, a decade after the death of El Greco. He clearly admired the old master and later kept three El ...

The artist was also assisted by PhD candidate Paula García, whose doctoral thesis explores A.I.’s applications in contemporary art practices. Fernando Sánchez Castillo, preparatory sketch (2024).

The 17th century wasn't kind to Spain. The formerly powerful empire was crumbling, burdened by debt and a corrupt government. But while the kingdom was in decline, a young court painter was making ...

His “Portrait of Zola,” for example, wittily recalls two Velazquez paintings, the dwarf “El Primo” and “Los Borrachos.” All three paintings hang in proximity.

This article appears in the July 24/31, 2023 issue. Velázquez, Juan de Pareja (ca. 1608–1670), 1650. (Metropolitan Museum of Art) The Black figure is currently in a sustained spotlight. For ...

One of the highlights of the evening sale is a newly discovered painting created in 1650 by Diego Velázquez, a leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important ...