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Diego RodrIguez de Silva y VelAzquez, European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies
Related Category: European Art, 1600 To The Present, Biographies
Diego RodrIguez de Silva y VelAzquez[rOthrE´gAth thA sEl´vA E vAlAth´kAth] Pronunciation Key - Early Life and Work
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At 11 he was apprenticed to Francisco de Herrera the elder, whom he soon left for the studio of Pacheco, where he remained for five years. There he came into contact with the most intellectual society of Seville and with the work of the Spanish naturalist painters and the great Italian masters. His earliest paintings, such as Christ and the Pilgrims of Emmaus (Metropolitan Mus.), show great vigor and a strong naturalistic point of view. In 1618 VelAzquez married Pacheco's daughter Juana, and five years later moved to Madrid.
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