Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age. He is generally considered one of the greatest artists in the history of Western art.
- Occupation
- painter, artist, visual artist
- Position held
- court painter, Great Lodging Master of the Palace
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Born
- June 6, 1599, 1599
- Died
- August 6, 1660, 1660, August 7, 1660
