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Diego Velazquez da Silva was a spanish painter born at this date 6 .06 1599. He was individualistic artist in the baroque period important as a portrait artist .He was born in Sevila Andalusia .Early in his life he show a gift for art and he began to study under Francisco De Herrera a virgous painter . From him he learnt to use brushes with long bristles .At 12 years old he leave Herrera`s studio and began to serve as an aprentice under Francisco Pacheco In 1620 his position and reputaion in Sevile were asured .In 1618 he married Juana Pacheco daughter of the teacher .When he was 24 he painted the portrait of Philip IV .Diego went to Italy twice first in 1629 and second 20 years later when he bought many pictures from Titan Tintoreto Paolo Veronesa . Exept journies he lived in Madrid where he paint mytholocigal and religious subjcets as well as scenes from common life . In 1660 he had charcge for his last ceremony -wedding of the Infanta Maria Theresa to Louis XIV inFrance >After that he got fever and died on 6.08.1660 .His famous paintings include The Surrender of Breda , portrait of Philip IV , The Spinerrs , Tha Maids od Honor



http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/velazquez/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Velázquez