Detail of face in retrato de don Cristóbal Castañeda y Pernía (Barbarroja), by Diego Velázquez
Zusammenfassung
Español: Retrato del bufón Cristóbal de Castañeda y Pernia, más conocido como Barbarroja y documentado al servicio de la Corte española entre 1633 y 1649.
Diego Velazquez (1599–1660) was a Spanish painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and one of the most important painters of the Spanish Golden Age. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary Baroque period. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).
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Datum
1600 - 1650
Quelle
Web Gallery of Art
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public domain