By Valerie, Keagan, Alice, Kaley, Neelav, and
Athena

Francisco Pacheco
Teacher of Velazquez.
Considered a run-of-the-mill painter, but still skilled in realism.
Worked for the Spanish Inquisition!

Last Judgment, oil on canvas, 3.4 m x 2.36 m, 1614

Velazquez-Background
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez was the leading court artist to Philip IV of Spain. He was an innovative portraitist of the Baroque period, and exerted influence upon realistic and impressionistic painters such as Manet.

Self-portrait, oil on canvas, 17.7" x 15", 1640

Velazquez
Velazquez did primarily portraits, throughout several periods of his artistic career.
When he first began painting in Seville, he painted religious subjects as well as
bodegones, genre paintings depicting bowls and jars.

Adoration of the Magi, oil on canvas, 80" x 49.8", 1619

The Waterseller of Seville, oil on canvas, 41" x 31", 1618-1622

Old Woman Frying Eggs, oil on canvas, 105 cm x 119, 1618

The Lunch, oil on canvas, 50" x 47", 1617

Madrid
In 1622, Velazquez moved to Madrid, where he would remain for the rest of his life.
He became the court painter of Philip IV; the court would commission many paintings from him.

Philip IV in Brown and Silver, oil on canvas, 78" x 44", 1632

The Triumph of Bacchus / Los Borrachos, oil on canvas, 65" x
89", 1626-1628

Later Portraiture
After a visit to Italy, Velázquez returned to
Madrid, where he completed a number of portraits.
The remainder of his career showed a marked development in his style.
Additionally, he represented some religious themes later in his life.

Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles, oil on canvas,
82" x 68", 1634-1635

Portrait of Pope Innocent X, oil on canvas, 140 cm x 120 cm,
1650

Portraits for the Spanish Court

Christ Crucified, oil on canvas, 98" x 67", 1632

The Surrender of Breda, oil on canvas, 121" x 144", 1635

Las Meninas, oil on canvas, 125" x 109", 1656-1657

Storytime!
•St James: One of the first apostles to join Jesus.
•Witnessed the transfiguration.
•Brought Christianity to the
Celts
•Santiago De Compostela supposedly contains the remains of Saint James
•Santiago = Saint James
•Compostela = burial ground

More Storytime!
•St James was the patron saint of
Spain.
•Supporters of St Teresa, St Michael,
St Joseph and pals wanted Spain to switch patron saints.
•The archbishop and other people in
Santiago De Compostela needed to reassert power and revitalize the amount of yearly pilgrimages to the city.
•“Way of Saint James” the most popular pilgrimage for Western
European Catholics since the
Middle Ages

The Cathedral of St. James
• Pilgrimage site to the burial site of St. James
•Fernando de Casas y
Novoas was the last architect at the cathedral. Built the façade at the west end focused on a wall of glass, “the Mirror.”
•Free standing gable framing a statue of St.
James.

Portico da Gloria
•Master
Mateo
•Santiago di
Compost ela
•1211

Francisco Zurbarán
Saint Luke as a Painter
Before Christ on the
Cross
Oil on Canvas
1630-1639
105x83 cm

Agnus Dei
Oil on Canvas, Between 1635 and
1640, 14 X 24 inches

Saint Serapion
1628
120X103 cm
Oil on Canvas

Bodegon con Cacharros
1630-1635
"Bodegon" is the Spanish term for still life.

St. Francis
•
1645
•
79 by 42 in
•
Oil on canvas

Jusepe de Ribera

Prometeo (Prometheus)
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1630
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76" by 61"
•
Oil on canvas

The Martyrdom of St. Philip
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2.3 by 2.3 meters
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1639
•
Oil on canvas

The Martyrdom of St. Philip

Apollo and Marsyas
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1637
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2 by 2.6 meters
•
Oil on canvas

Saint Andrew
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1632
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1 by 1.2 meters
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Oil

Virgin and Child
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1646
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.6 by .7 meters
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Oil