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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, a giant of Western art 4/19/2014 10:36:49 AM
	Two extraordinary portraits painted in the early years of Velazquez's career are shown here. Diego Velazquez - Don Pedro de Barberana y Aparregui (oil on canvas, 1631 - 1632) Diego Velazquez - Don Juan Mateos (oil on canvas, 1632)
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, a giant of Western art 4/19/2014 10:58:08 AM
	And here are two no-less extraordinary portraits that were painted in later years in Velazquez's career. Diego Velazquez - Portrait of Camillo Massimi (oil on canvas, 1560) Diego Velazquez - Cardinal Camillo Astalli Pamphili (oil on canvas, 1650)
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Roger 3169 7333 Haslemere	RE: 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, a giant of Western art 4/20/2014 9:14:19 AM
	Thank you Miguel. These are beautiful. I prefer some of his earlier works as they are a little simpler and clearer. This link might be interesting to those who admire Velázquez. Bacon is controversial, even after a few years of seeing his work but I found this very interesting. BACON/VELAZQUEZ
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, a giant of Western art 4/21/2014 1:36:36 AM
	Thanks for visiting and commenting, Roger. Your comments are accurate as usual. By the way, you may find your preferences confirmed in the works that I will post next. I was nor familiar with those paintings by Bacon but they are indeed interesting - particularly afrter you consider that Pope Innocent was no innocent soul at all! Thanks again, Miguel
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Luis Miguel 1162 61587 Lima	RE: 17th century Spanish painter Diego Velazquez, a giant of Western art 4/21/2014 2:14:33 AM
	Quite incredibly, Saint Thomas' portrait on top was painted when Velazquez only was 20 - 21 years old. Ten years later, in 1632, Velazquez would paint the bottom one, which shows Saint Thomas Aquinas supported by angels in his fighting temptation. Diego Velazquez - Saint Thomas (oil on canvas, 1619-20?) Diego Velazquez - Temptation of Saint Thomas (oil on canvas, 1631 - 1632)
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