Spanish Baroque Era Painter, 1599-1660 Spanish painter. He was one of the most important European artists of the 17th century, spending his career from 1623 in the service of Philip IV of Spain. His early canvases comprised bodegones and religious paintings, but as a court artist he was largely occupied in executing portraits, while also producing some historical, mythological and further religious works. His painting was deeply affected by the work of Rubens and by Venetian artists, especially Titian, as well as by the experience of two trips (1629-31 and 1649-51) to Italy. Under these joint influences he developed a uniquely personal style characterized by very loose, expressive brushwork.  Related Paintings of VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y :. | Queen | Three musician | Duke | The Dwarf Francisco Lezcano, Called El Nino de Vallecas ar | Doua Antonia de Ipeuarrieta y Galds and her Son Luis wr |
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FASOLO, Bernardino
Italian painter, Genovese school (b. ca. 1489, Pavia, d. after 1526, Genova)
Austrian School
painted Future Emperor Charles VI in before 1711
SPRANGER, Bartholomaeus
Flemish Mannerist Painter, 1546-1611