Diego Velázquez was a prominent Spanish painter born in 1599 in Seville. Some of his most famous works include Las Meninas, currently housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid, and The Surrender of Breda, on display at the Museo del Prado. Velázquez painted portraits of royalty and everyday people with remarkable skill and realism. He was known for his ability to capture the essence of his subjects in just a few brushstrokes. Many of his paintings provide insights into 17th century Spanish society, politics, and culture.

1. SOCIAL PROJECT:
DIEGO VELAZQUEZ
By:
Natalija
Denisa
Ana Inés
Emilia

2. DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ
• He was born in Sevilla in 1599 and he died in Madrid in 1660.
• He paint the face of the people that he found in the street and
friends .
• When you enter in Museo Del Prado you can find a sculpture of
Velázquez.
Curious facts
• He was baptized the same day that he was born.
• He was married with the daughter of his teacher
• He has a slav,his name was Juan de Pareja he have a very
strangers skin .

3. MUSEO DEL PRADO
• Many paints of Velázquez are found in Museo Del Prado.
• Un sculpture of Velázquez are found in Museo Del Prado.

4. PICTURES
OF
VELÁZQUEZ

5. EL TRIUNFO DEL BOCO (LOS BORRACHOS)
• He is the god of the party and of the wine.
• Is in El Museo Del Prado.
• It was put on in 1629.
CURIOUS FACTS
• He painted this paint for the king.

6. LA RENDICIÓN DE BREDA (LAS LANZAS )
• Brea is a city in Netherlands.
• It was a battle in which duch and the Spanish people fight.
• When the battle finish ,the Spanish people won and the duch
surrender and gave the key of the city to the Spanish people.
• At the end of the picture we can saw the city of Breda and
the Spanish people had the spears organized.

7. LAS HILADERAS
• Aracne challenge Atenea the god of the wisom.
• In the paint we can see a competicion between Aracne
and Atenea.
• Atenea won,and Atenea was ofended and she
transformed to a spider .Because the spider knit the
spider web and her name is Aracne.

8. EL RETRATO DEL CONDE DUQUE DE OLIVARES
• He was the valido of Felipe IV.
• He was more important than Felipe IV.
• Velázquez has very good memory .And for this paint he
had 3 seconds draw little drawings and then whith it
draw the picture.

9. VIEJA FRIENDO HUEVOS
This picture represent the contradiction in Spain.
The contradiction is:
A lot of gold and silver came from America,but, Felipe II
spent this in wars and not in people .So ,people became
poorer and poorer.

10. LA FRAGUA DE VULCANO
• This paint represent that the god Vulcano (the god of
the fire and volcanoes)visit a forge.
• The people was very surprised because a god visit him.
• The people was semi-naked because in the forge was
very hot.

11. LAS MENINAS
• The picture was finished in 1656.
• Is in Museo Del Prado .
• The picture represent the family of Felipe IV .
• I this picture in the left is a self-portrait of
Velázquez,in the middle is la Infanta Margarita that she
was the daughter of Felipe IV ,Felipe IV appeared on
the background whith his wife Mariana .
• Felipe IV had married with her cousin

13. RETRATO DE INOCENCIO X
• Inocencio X was a pope .
• Inocencio X was from Italy.
• His real name was Giovanni Battista Pamphili.

14. LA VENUS EN EL ESPEJO
• In this paint represent that Cupido (the god of
love)that hold a mirror to Venus
• This picture is in the National Gallery.
• Venus is the god of the beauty.

15. RETRATO DE LUIS DE GÓNGORA
• He was a friend of Velázquez.
• He was a very good writer.
• He did during he was in Madrid.