Diego Velázquez

thumb|Self-portrait by Diego Velázquez Diego Velázquez (6 June 1599 – 6 August 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. Quotes Raphael, to be plain with you, for I prefer to be candid and outspoken, does not please me at all.. ..It is Titian that bears the banner. As quoted by Hugh Stokes in Francisco Goya, Herbert Jenkins Limited Publishers, London, 1914, p 71 Velazquez's remark is to the Italian contemporary painter Salvator Rosa Quotes about Diego Velázquez I have had Three Masters-Nature, Velázquez, And Rembrandt. Francisco de Goya Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists by Phaidon (2016) p 178 External links Category:Painters from Spain Category:1599 births Category:1660 deaths