mercredi 12 décembre 2012

Diego Velasquez

Diego Velasquez 1599-1660


  Diego Velasquez - le Christ chez Marthe et Marie; 1618

Diego Velasquez - le Christ chez Marthe et Marie; 1618
Huile sur toile,  60x103,5 cm
National Gallery, London


la composition ,qui priviligie la nature morte, relègue au second plan la dimension religieuse de l'oeuvre.

The composition is influenced by Flemish paintings and engravings which combine kitchen scenes with biblical subjects.



 Diego Velasquez -the-toilet-of-venus-the-rokeby-venus,1647-1651

                                Diego Velasquez -the-toilet-of-venus-the-rokeby-venus,1647-1651

Huile sur toile,  122,5x177 cm
National Gallery, London

The painting is known as 'The Rokeby Venus' because it was in the Morritt Collection at Rokeby Park, now in County Durham, before its acquisition by the Gallery.

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