where is this artist from?
Seville, Spain.
Diego Velázquez
Seville, Spain,
what is rokeby venus? A painting by Diego Velázquez, the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age.
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Diego Velázquez [SEP] Early life
Velázquez was born in Seville, Spain, the first child of Juan Rodriguez de Silva, a notary, and Jerónima Velázquez. He was baptized at the church of St. Peter in Seville on Sunday, June 6, 1599. The baptism most likely occurred a few days or weeks after his birth. His paternal grandparents, Diogo da Silva and Maria Rodrigues, were Portuguese and had moved to Seville decades earlier. When Velázquez was offered knighthood in 1658 he claimed descent from the lesser nobility in order to qualify; in fact, however, his grandparents were tradespeople, and possibly Jewish "conversos". As was customary in Andalusia, Velázquez usually used his mother's surname.