Diego Velázquez

Born

June 6, 1599

Died

August 6, 1660 (aged 61)

Known as

painter, artist, visual artist

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.

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