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| Notes for Diego de Silva y Velázquez de la Camera di S. Mta. Cattca. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
name: de la Camera di S. Mt{a}. Catt{ca}. events by dates in Diego de Silva y Valazquez life: 1 December, 1610- Juan de Silva gives over his son to a 6 year contract as apprentice of the painter Franciso Pacheco (b.? and died 1644) [himself & his brother were orphaned at an early age, raised by their uncle, also called; Franciso Racheco, a conon of the Seville Cathedral, renowned scholar and theologian who died in 1599.}. Offical signing 17, September, 1611. Diego would reside in the house of Franciso Pacheco. EARLY: 14 March, 1617, -Diego de Silva y Valazquez granted license to practice art of painting. Examiners were Juan de Uced, Francisco Pacheco {his master} the following year he married his daughter Juana, on 23 April 1618 Trip or voyage: bet Apr 1622 and June 1622,first 2 month visit from Seville to first trip cont:with Marqués de Spinola, Marqués de Santa Cruz, &Duke of Lerma Trip or voyage: between apr 1622 to jun 1622, first 2 month visit from Seville to Madrid,age22-to June, to see El Escorial + Alcásar,El Pardo, Aranjuez Migration: aft 27 Jul 1623,from Seville to Madrid,Don Juan de Fonseca house Honor: 6, October 1623, Appointment as one of "Royal Painters", Oder of St. James Land or House:3 Aug 1627:Velazquez and wife sell their Seville houses August 1628- mets Peter Paul Rubens, who comes to the court in Madrid, Spain for a 9 month stay. -- 1629-Prince Baltasar Carlos, heir to the throne of Spain born , jsut after Velazquez set sail on his first trip to Italy. MID: trip or voyage:bet 21 Jan 1649 and bet 23 Jun 1651 ,second and final trip to Italy by sea from:Genoa, Lombardy, Florence, Rome, Venice,recieved King's permission June 28,1629,Malaga to Genoa, Milan, Padua, Venice, Bologna,also Florence, Modena, Parma, Rome and Naples{got 3 Ribera ptgs.}/Valencia return -- 2nd trip- from Malaga to Italy with Duke of Najera. & servant Juan de Pareja{V. did portrait of him while in Rome, Italy.Juan born 1610, was the son of a Moorish slave, later freeman and painter } - total number of years of court service = 37 years, from 1623 to 1660 - LATE: Honors-Knighthood,12 Jun 1658= Knight of Santiago-Order of St. James,ceremony in the Convent of Corpus Christi - Inventory after death: 10 Aug 1660,by royal stewarts, had paintings by Titian,3 by El Greco, Ribera, library 174 books,cont: 28 tapestries, 44 pictures, curtains,carpets, jewels, Will: aft Sep 1660, Velazquez and wife had no will {Gudiol}1 Inventory taken at death -174 books + Titian, Ribera, El Greco paintings plus ++ Burial: aft 1660, parish church of St John Baptist,Madrid, Spain,torn down by decree of Joseph Bonaparte, his ashes gone forever. ___ source notes are primarily from 2 books: Jonathan Brown, Velazquez,Painter and Courtier, published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, in 1986, ISBN 0-300-03894-0, printed in Spain. and Jose Gudiol, The Complete Paintings of Velazquez, 1599- 1660, translated from the spainish by Kenneth Lynos, published by Greenwich House, distributed by Crown Publisher, Inc., New York, ISBN 0-517-405008-0, printed iby Poligrafa, Barcelona, Spain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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