List of works by Diego Velázquez

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This is a list of paintings and drawings by the 17th-century Spanish artist Diego Velázquez . Velázquez is estimated to have produced between only 110 and 120 known canvases. [1] Among these paintings, however, are many widely known and influential works.

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All paintings are in oil on canvas unless noted.

Seville (until 1622)

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
Diego Velazquez - The Three Musicians - Google Art Project.jpg Three Musicians 1617–161887 × 110 Staatliche Museen, Berlin 1/1
Diego Velazquez 016.jpg The Lunch c. 1618108.5 × 102 Hermitage, Saint Petersburg 2/3
La mulata, by Diego Velazquez.jpg La mulata c. 162055 × 118 National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin The dates proposed by critics range from 1617 to 1622.3/17
Diego Velazquez - An Old Woman Cooking Eggs - Google Art Project.jpg Old Woman Cooking Eggs 1618100.5 × 119.5 National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh Dated in the lower right corner.5/6
Cristo en casa de Marta y Maria, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Christ in the House of Martha and Mary 161860 × 103.5 National Gallery of London Dated.6/7
Velazquez-2homes.jpg Dos jóvenes a la mesa162265.3 × 104 Apsley House, London9/24
Santo Tomas, por Diego Velazquez.JPG Saint Thomas1619–162095 × 73 Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Orléans, Orléans 10/10
Virgin Mary - Diego Velazquez.jpg Immaculate Conception1619135 × 101.6 National Gallery of London 11/11
Diego Velazquez 018 (John the Evangelist from Patmos).jpg San Juan en Patmos1619135.5 × 102.2 National Gallery of London 12/12
La adoracion de los Reyes Magos, 1619, Velazquez.jpg Adoration of the Magi 1619204 × 126.5 Museo del Prado, MadridDated in the stone under the foot of the Virgin.13/13
Diego Velazquez - Saint Paul - Google Art Project.jpg Saint Paul 1619–162099 × 78 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona 14/14
Cabeza de apostol, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Cabeza de apóstol162238 × 29 Museo del Prado, Madrid15/15
El aguador de Sevilla, por Diego Velazquez.jpg The Waterseller of Seville 1620106.7 × 81 Apsley House, London16/16
Don Cristobal Suarez de Ribera, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Don Cristóbal Suárez de Ribera1620207 × 148 Museum of Fine Arts of Seville Signed and dated in a fold of clothing difficult to read. [2] This would be a posthumous portrait, as the sitter died in 1618, although Mayer thought that monogram and date could be apocryphal. [3] 17/19
Madre Jeronima de la Fuente, by Diego Velazquez.jpg La venerable madre Jerónima de la Fuente1620162 × 107 Museo del Prado, MadridSigned and dated "Diego Velazquez f. 1620". The phylactery around the cross with its inscription, now illegible, was erased in 1944, after entering at the Museum, for having believed apocryphal. [4] 18/20
VelazquezJeronimaFuente-Araoz.jpg La venerable madre Jerónima de la Fuente 1620162.5 × 105Colección Fernández Araoz, MadridSigned and dated "Diego Velazquez f. 1620". Added at a later date under the hand of others. [5] 19/21
St Ildefonso Receiving the Chasuble from the Virgin by Diego Velazquez.jpg Imposición de la casulla a San Ildefonso1620–1623166 × 120 Municipality of SevilleIn poor condition with significant loss of paint.20/22
Velazquez-Pacheco.jpg Retrato de caballero/Francisco Pacheco1620–162240 × 36 Museo del Prado, Madrid21/23

Madrid (1622–1629)

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez - Luis de Gongora y Argote - Google Art Project.jpg Portrait of Don Luis de Góngora 162250.3 × 40.5 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 22/25
Retrato de hombre joven, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Retrato de hombre1623–162455.5 × 38 Museo del Prado, MadridAllende-Salazar (1925), Mayer (1936) and Camón Aznar estimate that this could be a self-portrait. López-Rey and Brown think that the subject could be the artist's brother Juan, also a painter. [6] 24/27
Retrato de Felipe IV, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Felipe IV1623–162461.6 × 48.2 Meadows Museum, Dallas Brown believes that this may be a portrait of the king, [7] a hypothesis rejected by López-Rey. [8] 25/28
Cabez de dama, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Retrato de dama162532 × 24Once in the Royal Palace of Madrid. Current whereabouts unknown (stolen from Greenville Art Museum in South Carolina on July 8, 2010)This is a fragment of a larger portrait probably damaged in the fire of Alcazar. [9] 28/31
0206vela.jpg Cabeza de venado1626–162858 × 44.5 Museo del Prado, MadridDating is controversial. Most critics suggest 1635. [10] López-Rey gives 1626, based on 1637 information from a picture of a deer antler painted by Velázquez bearing the inscription "Le mató el Rey nuestro Sr. Phe. quarto el year 1626". [11] A technical study by Carmen Garrido placed the date between 1626 and 1628. [12] 31/33
Velazquez-CristCol.jpg Cristo contemplado por el alma cristiana1626–1628165 × 206.4 National Gallery of London 32/35
Felipe IV de negro.jpg Felipe IV1623–1628198 × 101.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid33/36
Carlos de Austria, infante de Espana.jpg Portrait of the Infante Don Carlos 1626–1628209 × 12 Museo del Prado, Madrid34/37
Retrato de Felipe IV en armadura, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Philip IV in Armour c. 162857 × 44.5 Museo del Prado, MadridThis is considered a fragment of a larger work painted in two stages, reforming the dress and adding the red band in the second. [13] 35/38
0208vela.jpg Demócrito/El geógrafo1628–1629101 × 81 Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen Head and hand repainted around 1640. Radiography shows the left hand formerly contained a drink, as it appears in two copies preserved. [14] 37/40
P01170a01nf2006Vela.jpg The Triumph of Bacchus 1628–1629165.5 × 227.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid38/41
La cena de Emaus, by Diego Velazquez.jpg La cena de Emaús1628–1629123.2 × 132.7 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityProposed dates range from 1619 (Lafuente Ferrari) to a time immediately after the first trip to Italy (Marias). [15] 39/42

First trip to Italy (1629–1630)

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
Retrato de la infanta dona Maria, reina de Hungria, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Maria Anna 163059.5 × 45.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid40/48
Diego Velazquez 065.jpg Joseph's Tunic 1630223 × 250 El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial 41/43
Diego Velasquez, The Forge of Vulcan.jpg Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan 1630222 × 290 Museo del Prado, Madrid42/44
Estudio para la cabeza de Apolo, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Cabeza de Apolo163036 × 25Private collection, New York CityConsidered a study for Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan. [16] 43/45
Vista del jardin de Villa Medici en Roma.jpg El Pabellón de Cleopatra-Ariadna163044.5 × 38.5 Museo del Prado, MadridThe dating of this painting and the next has been controversial. Most critics date it during the second trip to Italy, but technical studies by in the Prado confirm the 1630 date proposed by López-Rey. [17] 44/46
Jardines de la Villa Medicis, dos hombres a la entrada de la gruta, by Diego Velazquez.jpg View of the Garden of the Villa Medici 163048.5 × 43 Museo del Prado, Madrid45/47

Madrid (1631–1648)

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
45 Dama, Juana Pacheco (Museo del Prado, 1630-31).jpg A Sybil (Juana Pacheco?)1630–163162 × 50 Museo del Prado, Madrid46/49
Young Spanish Nobleman by Velazquez (1631) - Alte Pinakothek - Munich - Germany 2017.jpg Retrato de hombre joven1630–163189.2 × 69.5 Alte Pinakothek, Munich Appears unfinished, with the hands just sketched, although López-Rey suggests that Velázquez may have intended this as a finished work, highlighting the essential features of the portrait. [18] 47/50
Velazquez-Oriola.jpg Temptation of St. Thomas 1631–1632244 × 203Museum of the Orihuela Cathedral, Orihuela 48/130
Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez - Don Baltasar Carlos with a Dwarf - Google Art Project.jpg Prince Balthasar Charles With a Dwarf 1631128.1 × 102 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 49/51
Felipe IV de castano y plata, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Philip IV in Brown and Silver 1631–1632199.5 × 113 National Gallery of London 50/52
Isabel de Borbon, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Isabel de Borbón1631–1632207 × 119Private collection, New York City51/53
Don Diego del Corral y Arellano, por Diego Velazquez.jpg Don Diego del Corral y Arellano1631–1632205 × 116 Museo del Prado, Madrid52/55
Diego Velazquez 056.jpg Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis 1631–1632205 × 115 Museo del Prado, MadridBrown suggestions that a contemporary workshop was involved in the painting of lady's costume and the figure of the child; changes once thought to be later additions, but denied by radiography. [19] [20] 53/54
Detail of portrait of Fernando Valdes showing signature of Diego Velazquez.jpg Mano de hombre163027 × 24Unknown; previously Royal Palace of Madrid 54/56
Pedro de Barberana.jpg Don Pedro de Barberana y Aparregui 1631–1632198.2 × 111.8 Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas55/57
Diego Velazquez O47.jpg Don Juan Mateos 1632108 × 90 Dresden Gallery, Dresden The hands are only outlined, but with a touch of white light which suggests that Velázquez considered the work finished in that state.56/58
Cristo crucificado.jpg Christ Crucified 1632250 × 170 Museo del Prado, Madrid57/59
Principe Baltasar Carlos, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Retrato del príncipe Baltasar Carlos1632117.8 × 95.9 Wallace Collection, London58/60
Felipe IV, from Kunsthistorisches, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Felipe IV1632127.5 × 86.5 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Generally considered the work of Velázquez and his workshop. [21] For López-Rey only the head and some small details could be considered by Velazquez. [22] 59/61
Retrato de la reina Isabel de Borbon, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Isabel de Borbón1632132 × 101.5 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 60/62
Retrato del bufon llamado don Juan de Austria, by Diego Velazquez.jpg The Jester Named Don John of Austria 1632–1633210 × 124.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid61/65
Retrato ecuestre del conde-duque de Olivares, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares 1634314 × 240 Museo del Prado, Madrid62/66
White Horse - Caballo blanco - Velazquez.jpg White Horse1634–1638310 × 245 Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid63/67
Velazquez-felipeIII.jpg Equestrian Portrait of Philip III 1634–1635305 × 320 Museo del Prado, Madrid64/68
Margarita-austria velazquez extended.jpg Equestrian Portrait of Margarita of Austria 1634–1635302 × 311.5 Museo del Prado, MadridVelazquez and workshop.65/69
La reina Isabel de Borbon a caballo.jpg Equestrian Portrait of Elisabeth of France 1634–1635304.5 × 317.5 Museo del Prado, MadridVelazquez and workshop. [23] 66/70
Retrato de Felipe IV a caballo.jpg Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV 1634–1635305.5 × 317.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid67/71
Retrato ecuestre del principe Baltasar Carlos, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Equestrian Portrait of Prince Balthasar Charles 1634–1635209.5 × 174 Museo del Prado, Madrid68/72
Velazquez-The Surrender of Breda.jpg The Surrender of Breda 1634–1635307.5 × 370.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid69/73
Martinez Montanes ejecutando el busto de Felipe IV, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés 1635–1636110.5 × 87.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid70/76
Diego Velazquez 051.jpg Felipe IV cazador1632–1633189 × 124.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid71/63
El cardenal-infante don Fernando en traje de caza, by Diego Velazquez.jpg El cardenal infante don Fernando de Austria cazador1632–1633191.5 × 108 Museo del Prado, Madrid72/64
Diego Velazquez 054.jpg Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter 1635–1636191 × 102 Museo del Prado, Madrid73/77
Leccion de equitacion del principe Baltasar Carlos, by Diego Velazquez.jpg El príncipe Baltasar Carlos en el picadero (Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School)1636144 × 96.5Duke of Westminster Collection, London74/78
Diego Velazquez 057.jpg The Lady with a Fan 163595 × 70 Wallace Collection, London75/79
La costurera.jpg The Needlewoman 1635–164374 × 60 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Unfinished and of uncertain date.77/81
Pablo de Valladolid, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid 1636–1637213.5 × 125 Museo del Prado, Madrid78/82
Velazquez - El Bufon Calabacillas (Museo del Prado, 1636-37).jpg The Jester Calabacillas 1637–1639105.5 × 82.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid79/83
Velazquez - Bufon Barbarroja, don Cristobal de Castaneda y Pernia (Museo del Prado, 1637-40).jpg The Jester Barbarroja 1637–1640200 × 121.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid80/84
Diego Velazquez 010.jpg San Antonio Abad y san Pablo ermityear1635–1638261 × 192 Museo del Prado, Madrid81/85
Conde-Duque de Olivares.jpg Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares 163867 × 54 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg 82/87
Francesco I d'Este.jpg Francesco I d’Este 163868 × 51 Galleria Estense, Modena 84/89
Diego Velazquez 070.jpg El príncipe Baltasar Carlos1639128.5 × 99 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Velázquez and workshop. [24] 86/90
Diego Velazquez 061.jpg Retrato de hombre1635–164576 × 64.8 Apsley House, London87/91
Diego Velasquez, Aesop.jpg Aesop1639–1641179.5 × 94 Museo del Prado, MadridInscription at top right: "AESOPVS".88/92
Diego Velazquez 022.jpg Menipo1639–1641178.5 × 93.5 Museo del Prado, MadridInscription at top left: "MOENIPVS".89/93
Velazquez - Marte.jpg Mars Resting 1639–1641181 × 99 Museo del Prado, Madrid90/94
Diego Velazquez Autorretrato 45 x 38 cm - Coleccion Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos - Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia.jpg Self-Portrait164045.8 × 38 Museu de Belles Arts de València 91/96
Velazquez-nena.jpg Retrato de niña164051.5 × 41 Hispanic Society of America, New York CityUnfinished according to López-Rey, highlighting the vigorous brushstrokes in the garment, [25] and "one of the most captivating female portraits by Velazquez," according to Brown. [26] 92/97
Velazquez - Francisco Lezcano, el Nino de Vallecas (Museo del Prado, 1643-45).jpg Portrait of Francisco Lezcano 1643–1645107.5 × 83.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid93/99
Philip IV of Spain - Velazquez 1644.jpg Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga 1644129.8 × 99.4 Frick Collection, New York City94/100
Retrato del bufon don Diego de Acedo, el Primo, by Diego Velazquez.jpg The Jester Don Diego de Acedo 1645106 × 82.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid96/102
Velazquez - Bufon don Sebastian de Morra (Museo del Prado, c. 1645).jpg Portrait of Sebastián de Morra 1645106 × 81.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid97/103
Diego Velazquez 012.jpg Coronation of the Virgin 1645178.5 × 134.5 Museo del Prado, Madrid98/105
RokebyVenus.jpg Rokeby Venus 122.5 × 177 National Gallery of London 100/106
Velazquez Sibyl Meadows Museum.jpg Female Figure 1644-164864 × 58 Meadows Museum, Dallas 101/108
Retrato de la infanta Maria Teresa, by Diego Velazquez.jpg La infanta María Teresa164848 × 37 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City102/109
Diego Velazquez 058.jpg Un caballero de la Orden de Santiago1645–165067 × 56 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden 103/110

Second trip to Italy (1649–1651)

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
Retrato de Juan Pareja, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Juan de Pareja 1649–165081.3 × 69.9 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City104/112
Diego Velazquez by Ferdinando Brandani.jpg Ferdinando Brandani165050.5 × 47 Museo del Prado, Madrid105/113
Retrato del Papa Inocencio X. Roma, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Innocent X 1650140 × 120 Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome Signature on the role held by the pope: "Alla santa di Nro Sigre / Innocencio Xº / Per / Diego de Silva / Velázquez dela Ca / mera di S. Mte Cattca"106/114
Retrato del Papa Inocencio X. Roma (copy 2), after Diego Velazquez.jpg Innocent X165082 × 71.5 Apsley House, London107/115
Camillo Massimo by Diego Velazquez.jpg Camillo Massimi165073.6 × 58.5 Kingston Lacy, Dorset 108/116
Camillo Astalli by Diego Velazquez, 1650.jpg El cardenal Astalli1650–165161 × 48.5 Hispanic Society of America, New York City109/117

Madrid (1651–1660)

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
Velazquez-TeresaNY51.jpg María Teresa, infanta de España1651–165234.3 × 40 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityThe work has been cut. [27] Critics have unanimously considered it by Velázquez. Brown (1986) believes that it could be a study used as a model for later portraits. [28] 110/118
Diego Velazquez 030.jpg Portrait of the Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain 1651–1653127 × 98.5 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 111/119
Felipe IV embarnecido (Museo del Prado).jpg Felipe IV1653–165569 × 56 Museo del Prado, Madrid112/120
Mariana of Austria by Velazquez (c. 1652, Museo del Prado).jpg Portrait of Mariana of Austria 1652–1653234 × 131.5 Museo del Prado, MadridPainted on a portrait of the king, perhaps only sketched. López-Rey said, confirmed in the technical study conducted at the Museo del Prado, that the top of the curtain was painted by another hand on a piece of fabric added to the original composition, in order to match the canvas with Philip IV with a lion, the Museo del Prado, the work of the workshop. [29] [30] 113/121
Diego Velazquez 024.jpg La infanta Margarita1653128.5 × 100 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 114/122
Diego Velazquez 028b.jpg La infanta Margarita1656105 × 88 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 115/123
Las Meninas, by Diego Velazquez, from Prado in Google Earth.jpg Las Meninas 1656–1657318 × 276 Museo del Prado, Madrid116/124
Velazquez-las hilanderas.jpg Las Hilanderas or The Fable of Arachnec. 1657167 × 252 Museo del Prado, MadridThe addition of a new section to the upper portion of the canvas was probably the result of repair after the fire at the Alcázar in 1734.117/107
Velazquez Maria Anna 1656.jpg La reina Mariana de Austria1655–165646.5 × 43 Meadows Museum, Dallas Probably an unfinished study. [31] 118/125
Fabula de Mercurio y Argos, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Mercurio y Argos1659128 × 250 Museo del Prado, MadridPainted for the Hall of Mirrors in the Alcazar with three other paintings of mythological subjects missing in the fire of 1734.120/127
Retrato de la infanta Margarita (3), by Diego Velazquez.jpg Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress 1659127 × 107 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 121/128
Prince Philip Prospero by Diego Velazquez.jpg Portrait of Prince Philip Prospero 1659128.5 × 99.5 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna 122/129

Paintings of debated attribution

PaintingTitleDateDimensions (cm)CollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Morán–Sánchez/López-Rey
Diego Velazques Yale painting Education of the Virgin.jpg Education of the Virgin1617-1618 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven Thought to have been given to Yale in 1925, the painting has previously been attributed to the 17th-century Spanish school. Some scholars are prepared to attribute the painting to Velázquez, though the Prado Museum in Madrid is reserving judgment. The work will be restored by conservators at Yale. [32] [33]
Velazquez-CuineraChicago.jpg La mulata 162055 × 104.5 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Brown and others cannot rule out the work of a copyist. [34] 4/18
Hombre de perfil, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Cabeza de hombre joven de perfil1618–161939.5 × 35.8 Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg 7/8
Diego Velazquez 005.jpg The Farmers' Lunch 1618–161996 × 112 Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest 8/9
20090211 NP Inmaculada.jpg La Immaculada1618–1620142 × 98.5Centro de Investigación Diego Velázquez, Fundación Focus-Abengoa Sevilla Presented in Paris in 1990 as the work of Velazquez's circle. Sotheby's auction in London (1994) with attribution to Velazquez relying on the favorable opinion of José López-Rey and Jonathan Brown. [35] [36] This is rejected by Alfonso Pérez Sánchez, who assigns it to Alonso Cano. [37]
Velazquez-SPedro.jpg Las lágrimas de San Pedro1618–1619132 × 98.5Colección Villar-Mir, Madrid
San Juan Bautista en el desierto.jpg San Juan Bautista en el desierto1620175.3 × 152.5 Art Institute of Chicago
Velazquez-Rioja.jpg Retrato de un clérigo1622–162366.5 × 51Colección Payá, MadridInscription "AETATIS SVAE. 40-". Presented by Mayer in 1936, López-Rey admits as Velázquez, noting its poor condition, and thinks that the portrait could be of Francisco de Rioja. [38] For Brown, only "possibly Velázquez". [39] 23/26
Diego Velazquez 059.jpg A gentleman (Juan de Fonseca?)162352 × 40 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
SimonRojasVelazquez.jpg El venerable padre fray Simón de Rojas difunto1624101 × 121Colección de los duques del Infantado, MadridInscriptions: "AVE MARIA" and at top right, "El RºP.M. Fr. Simon D. Roxas". Antonio Palomino notes that Velazquez painted a portrait of Simon de Rojas "being dead". [40] Identified by Pérez Sánchez in a Madrid private collection, attributed to Francisco de Zurbarán. [41]
Velazquez-FelipIVdrMNY.jpg Felipe IV1624200 × 102.9 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City26/29
Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares - Google Art Project.jpg Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares 1624201.2 × 111.1 São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo 27/30
Velazquez-CondeDuqueHS.jpg El conde-duque de Olivares1624–1626216 × 192.5 Hispanic Society of America, New York CityInscriptions: "el Conde Duque" and a barely legible "A 25".29/32
Velazquez-CondeDuqueVF.jpg El conde-duque de Olivares1624–1625209 × 111Colección Várez Fisa, MadridIn poor condition; the surface is badly damaged except for the head. Excluded from the catalog by López-Rey and Brown, among others.30/–
Retrato de hombre, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Retrato de hombre1626–1628104 × 79 Museo Soumaya, Mexico CityProblematic for López-Rey, because of the poor condition. [42] For Brown, "possibly by Velazquez". [43] –/34
Velazquez-FelipIVsar.jpg Felipe IV con jubón amarillo1628205 × 117 John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FloridaRejected by López-Rey and Brown, but defended by Julian Gallego when exhibited in 1990 at the Museo del Prado. [44]
Retrato de bufon (Juan Calabazas, Calabacillas), possibly by Diego Velazquez.jpg El bufón Calabacillas 1626–1632175.5 × 106.5 Cleveland Museum of Art, ClevelandRejected by Brown. [45] 36/39
Portrait d'homme (Diego Velazquez, 1630).jpg Portrait of a Clergyman (Self-portrait?)163067 × 50 Capitoline Museums, Rome
Rina ante la embajada de Espana (La rissa).jpg Riña entre soldados ante la embajada de España / "La rissa"163028.9 × 39.6Colección Pallavicini, RomeOil on copper. Attributed to Velazquez by Roberto Longhi, noting similarities with The Forge and Joseph's Tunic, a thesis defended by Marini and Salort, who noted the exceptional technical quality. [46]
Santa Rufina.jpg Santa Rufina1632–163477 × 64Centro de Investigaciones Diego Velázquez, Fundación Focus-Abengoa, Seville
Vel-1630Met.jpg Portrait of a Man 163068.6 × 55.2 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityPosited by Mayer in 1917 as a self-portrait, relating to one of the characters in The Surrender of Breda. Cataloged in the museum as a work of the workshop, after exclusion by López-Rey, but has again been attributed to Velazquez with the support of Jonathan Brown after cleaning in 2009. [47]
Retrato de hombre (atribuido a Velazquez).jpg Portrait of a Man1630Otto Naumann, New York CityRediscovered in 2010, sold at an auction in London for $4.7 million in 2011 to New York dealer Otto Naumann. [48]
Cristo en la Cruz (Velazquez, 1631).jpg Cristo en la cruz1631100 × 57 Museo del Prado, MadridSigned "Do. Velazquez fa. 1631", which may or may not be a later addition to the painting.
Velazquez-VentallCh.jpg Dama joven163598 × 49Collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire, United Kingdom 76/80
Cabeza de San Antonio Abad, by Diego Velazquez.jpg San Antonio Abad1635–163855.8 × 40Private collection, New York City
Velazquez-TelaReal.jpg La tela real1636–1638182 × 302 National Gallery of London 85/-
Retrato del conde-duque de Olivares, oil on copper, by Diego Velazquez.jpg El conde-duque de Olivares163810 × 8 Palacio Real de Madrid, MadridOil on copper. Some documents show that Velázquez painted portraits in miniature on copper, including some members of the royal family.83/88
Velazquez-Bandres.jpg Don Francisco Bandrés de Abarca1638–164664 × 53Private collection, SwitzerlandSupported by López-Rey, while noting the poor condition (possibly a fragment half-length portrait) and lack of resemblance to other portraits of the same period. [49]
Felipe 4 velasquez after rubens.jpg Retrato ecuestre de Felipe IV1645393 × 267 Uffizi, Florence 95/101
Velazquez-MorraSuissa.jpg El bufón don Sebastián de Morra1645106 × 84.5Private collection, Switzerland
Velazquez - Juan Francisco de Pimentel, conde de Benavente (Museo del Prado, 1648).jpg Juan Francisco Pimentel, conde de Benavente1648109.5 × 88.5 Museo del Prado, MadridExhibited at the museum as "attributed" to Velazquez and excluded by López-Rey and Brown, but supported by Gallego in the exhibition of 1990, Marias (1996) and Bottineau (1998).99/-
Velazquez-gallega.jpg La gallega1645–165060 × 46.5Private collection, Switzerland?Unfinished. Rejected by Brown. [50]
Monsignor Cristoforo Segni, by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez and Pietro Martire Neri.jpg Cristoforo Segni1650–1651114 × 92Private collectionThought to have been conceived entirely by Velázquez who also painted at least the head. The rest of the painting was done by Pietro Martire Neri. [51]
Velazquez-MargaritaAlba.jpg La infanta Margarita1653115 × 91Collection of the Dukes of Alba, Madrid
Philip IV of Spain.jpg Felipe IV1656–165764 × 53.75 National Gallery of London 123/-
Velazquez Thyssen.jpg La reina Mariana de Austria1656–165764.7 × 54.6 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, MadridExcluded by Brown.119/126

Drawings

DrawingTitleDateMediumDimensions (cm)sCollectionNotesCatalog numbers: Brown/López-Rey
Retrato de mujer joven, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Busto de muchacha1618Charcoal on paper20 × 13.5 Biblioteca Nacional de España, MadridFor Brown this and the following are "possibly Velázquez."DQ6/4
Velazquez-mujer.jpg Cabeza de muchacha1618Charcoal on paper15 × 11.7 Biblioteca Nacional de España, MadridDQ1/5
Preparatory drawing for Cristo y el alma cristiana..., by Diego Velazquez.jpg Study for Cristo contemplado por el alma cristiana1626–1628Earlier in the Jovellanos Institute, Gijón Destroyed in 1936.DQ5/35b
Study 1 for La rendicion de Breda, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Study for The Surrender of Breda 1634–1635Black pencil on paper26.2 × 16.8 Biblioteca Nacional de España, MadridD2a/74
Study for Spinola in La rendicion de Breda, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Study for the figure of General Spinola in The Surrender of Breda 1634–1635Black pencil on paper26.2 × 16.8 Biblioteca Nacional de España, MadridDrawn on the back of the former.D2b/75
Diego Velazquez - Retrato del cardenal Borja. - Google Art Project.jpg Retrato de don Gaspar de Borja y Velasco1643–1645Black pencil on paper18.6 × 11.6 Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, MadridStudy for a lost portrait.D1/98

Notes

  1. Vogel, Carol (September 10, 2009). "An Old Spanish Master Emerges From Grime". The New York Times . Retrieved September 11, 2009. Jonathan Brown, this country's leading Velázquez expert ... "Velázquez was a painter who measured out his genius in thimblefuls." His output was so small that, depending on who's counting, Mr. Brown estimates, there are only 110 to 120 known canvases by the artist.
  2. López-Rey, p. 46.
  3. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 50.
  4. López-Rey, p. 48.
  5. Garrido Pérez, pp. 94–95.
  6. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 64.
  7. Brown, Velázquez, pintor y cortesano, pp. 45–46.
  8. López-Rey, p. 64.
  9. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 72
  10. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 78
  11. López-Rey, p. 76.
  12. Garrido Pérez, p. 155.
  13. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 86
  14. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 90
  15. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 94
  16. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 102.
  17. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 104.
  18. López-Rey, p. 120.
  19. Brown, Velázquez, pintor y cortesano, pp. 140–141.
  20. López-Rey, p. 134.
  21. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 134
  22. López-Rey, Velázquez, p. 181
  23. Garrido Pérez, pp. 367–383.
  24. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 188.
  25. López-Rey, p. 236.
  26. Brown, Velázquez, pintor y cortesano, p. 156.
  27. Metmuseum, base de datos.
  28. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 236.
  29. López-Rey, Velázquez, p. 185.
  30. Garrido Pérez, pp. 527–537.
  31. Morán Turina and Sánchez Quevedo, p. 252.
  32. Giles Tremlett in Madrid (July 1, 2010). "Yale basement yields Spanish treasure – a possible Velázquez masterpiece". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  33. "Yale uncovers Velazquez in basement storage". CBC News. July 3, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  34. Brown, Velázquez, pintor y cortesano, p. 21.
  35. Marini, p. 39, note 1.
  36. Navarrete Prieto, Benito, "Velázquez y Sevilla: la Inmaculada del Deán López Cepero recuperada", Ars Magazine, July–September 2009, pp. 100–117.
  37. Pérez Sánchez, Novedades velazqueñas, pp. 386–390.
  38. López-Rey, p. 60.
  39. Brown, Velázquez, pintor y cortesano, p. 282.
  40. Palomino, p. 233
  41. Pérez Sánchez, "Novedades velazqueñas", pp. 371–390.
  42. López-Rey, p. 80.
  43. Brown, Velázquez, pintor y cortesano, p. 47.
  44. "Catálogo de la exposición Velázquez" (1990), pp. 139–141.
  45. Brown (2008), Escritos completos sobre Velázquez, pp. 370–372.
  46. Salort, Velázquez en Italia, pp. 296–301.
  47. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Velázquez Rediscovered exhibit, New York, 2009, with text by Keith Christiansen, Michael Gallagher and Jonathan Brown.
  48. Bloomberg. Velazquez Portrait Sells for $4.7 Million at London Auction
  49. López-Rey, p. 232.
  50. Brown (2008), Escritos completos sobre Velázquez, pp. 411–414 and 376, note 28.
  51. "Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez and Pietro Martire Neri". Sothebys. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

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