Diego+Velázquez


 * Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez**

Diego Velázquez was a contemporary Baroque artist born on June 6, 19, 1599 in Seville, andalusia, Spain. From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez's artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, such as Eduard Manet. Velazquez was known for his compositions of amusing genre scenes. Two of his notable works are Las Meninas (pictured above) and La rendicion de Brenda. La rendicion de Brenda depicts a transfer of the key to the city from the Dutch to the Spanish army during the Siege of Breda. Las Meninas serves as an exellent example of the European Baroque art.