Person Sheet


Name Diego de Silva y Velázquez de la Camera di S. Mta. Cattca.1,2
Christen 6 Jun 1599, parish church of San Pedro, Seville, Spain
Birth bef 6 Jun 1599, house Calle de la Gorgoja,Seville, Spain
trip or voyage bet Apr 1622, first 2 month visit from Seville to Madrid,age22-to June
Migration aft 27 Jul 1623, from Seville to Madrid,Don Juan de Fonseca house
Honors 31 Oct 1623, certificate of appointment to King Philip IV court
Land or House Sale 3 Aug 1627, Velazquez and wife sell their Seville houses
trip or voyage aft 28 Jun 1629, Genoa, Lombardy, Florence, Rome, Venice,
trip or voyage aft 28 Jun 1629, first trip cont:
trip or voyage bet 21 Jan 1649, second and final trip to Italy by sea from3
trip or voyage bet 23 Jun 1651, also Florence, Modena, Parma, Rome
Honors 12 Jun 1658, Knight of Santiago-Order of St. James
Death 4 Aug 1660, the "Treasury",Alcazar, Madrid, Spain
Burial aft 4 Aug 1660, tomb crypt parish church St John Baptist
Inventory aft death 10 Aug 1660, royal stewarts, had paintings by Titian,
Inventory aft death 29 Aug 1660, cont: 28 tapestries, 44 pictures, curtains,
Will aft Sep 1660, Velazquez and wife had no will {Gudiol}
Burial aft 1666, parish church of St John Baptist,Madrid, Spain
Occupation Painter and Courtier,father of two females
Religion Roman Catholic
birth order first born of seven children {J. Brown}
Father Juan Rodríguez de Silva {Silvas}
Mother Jerónima Velázquez de Buenrostro
Spouses
1 Juana Pancheco y Miranda1,2
Birth 1 Jun 1602, Seville, Spain
Death 10 Aug 1660, the "Treasury",Alcazar, Madrid, Spain
Burial aft 10 Aug 1660, Madrid, Spain
Occupation dowry = some houses in Alameda of Seville and 500 ducats
Religion Roman Catholic
Father Franciso Pancheco (-<1644)
Mother Senora Miranda
Marriage 23 Apr 1618, probably Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain
Children Francisca (<1619-)
Ignacia (Died as Child) (<1621-)
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.
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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
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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 }
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total number of years of court service = 37 years, from 1623 to 1660
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LATE:
Honors-Knighthood,12 Jun 1658= Knight of Santiago-Order of St. James,ceremony in the Convent of Corpus Christi
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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.
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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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