Diego Velázquez

Las Meninas, detail (self-portrait). Image Public Domain

Self-portrait, 1837. Museo del Louvre.
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Artist: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Nationality: Spanish

Dates:
Born: June 6, 1599; Seville, Spain
Died: August 6, 1660; Madrid, Spain

Movement: Baroque

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