Velázquez, Diego
Pronunciation: /vɪˈlaskwɪz, beˈlaskeθ, -kes/
Definition of Velázquez, Diego
- (1599–1660), Spanish painter, court painter to Philip IV; full name Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez. His portraits humanized the formal Spanish tradition of idealized figures. Notable works: Pope Innocent X (1650), The Toilet of Venus (known as The Rokeby Venus, circa 1651), and Las Meninas (circa 1656).