![Diego Velázquez - Three Musicians [c.1616] by Gandalf's Gallery](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_v-mn1H0UznW42TSJm_rWc3b_sO_pSvWp5XD8Ib9dkKtwT53QxgBlT2ITsVrXykO4d_c2vunP5OF-7h3Q3MwWBbaKA9eU0svJO3DKGVns7hwibX1cGal0KCk5sNBhcbAA=s0-d)
Diego Velázquez (Seville, 1599 - Madrid, August 6, 1660) was a Spanish Baroque painter and the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He started his training under Francisco de Herrera and continued his education in the workshop of Francisco Pacheco, a great art theorist. In 1623 he became court painter in Madrid and gained a great reputation for his portraits of Philip IV. Supported by the King, in 1629 he made his first journey to Italy, where he copied artworks by Tintoretto, Raphael and Michelangelo who, together with Titian, all influenced his paintings from that point on.
[Oil on canvas, 88 x 11 cm]
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