Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, 1599–1660) is the greatest Spanish realist artist who laid the foundations of psychological portraiture in European art. From 1623 - court painter of King Philip IV. Velazquez's painting is distinguished by the courage of realistic observations, the ability to penetrate into the character of the model, a heightened sense of harmony, subtlety and richness of color.

The third part of the album presents reproductions of 39 works by Velazquez from 1635–1648.

List illustrationsUse the arrow to expand or collapse this sectionThe Surrender of Breda (Las lanzas, o La rendicion de Breda, circa 1635, Prado, Madrid)The Surrender of Breda (fragment, presumably a self-portrait)Study for the painting “The Surrender of Breda” (Estudio para “La rendicion de Breda” ", 1634–1635, National Library, Madrid) Study for the painting “The Surrender of Breda” (Estudio para la figura del General Espinola en “La rendicion de Breda”, 1634–1635, National Library, Madrid) The Coronation of Our Lady (La Coronacion de la Virgen, 1635–1636, Prado, Madrid) )The Coronation of Our Lady (fragment)Saint Anthony the Great (San Antonio Abad, 1635–1638, private collection, New York)Don Juan de Calabasas (El bufon Calabacillas, 1635–1639, Prado, Madrid)The Seamstress (La costurera, 1635–1643 , National Gallery, Washington) Portrait of a Man (Retrato Alonso Cano, 1635–1645, Wellington Museum, London) Francisco Lezcano (el Nino de Vallecas, 1635–1645, Prado, Madrid) Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (Gaspar de Guzman, conde-duque de Olivares, a caballo, around 1636, Prado, Madrid)Royal Hunt (Caceria de jabalies en el Hoyo, La tela real, copy of an unknown author, after 1636, Prado, Madrid) The Riding Lesson of Prince Baltasar Carlos (Leccion de equitacion del principe Baltasar Carlos, 1636–1637, private collection, Great Britain) Mars (El dios Marte, circa 1638, Prado, Madrid) Menippus (Menipo, circa 1638, Prado, Madrid) Portrait of Count-Duke Olivares (El conde-duque de Olivares, circa 1638, Hermitage, St. Petersburg) Portrait of Count-Duke Olivares (Retrato del conde-duque de Olivares , 1638, Royal Palace, Madrid) Portrait of Philip IV with a lion (Felipe IV armado, con un leon a los pies, circa 1638, anonymous alteration circa 1665, Prado, Madrid) Francesco I de Este (Francisco I de Este, 1638, Este Gallery, Modena) Aesop (Esopo, around 1638, Prado, Madrid) Francisco Bandres de Abarca (Francisco Bandres de Abarca, 1638–1646, private collection, New York) Portrait of Prince Baltasar Carlos (El principe Baltasar Carlos, circa 1639, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) Self-portrait (Autorretrato, 1640, Museum of Art, Valencia) Portrait of a girl (Retrato de nina, 1640, Spanish Society, New York) Portrait of Ferdinando de Valdes y Llanos (Retrato de Fernando de Valdes y Llanos, 1640–1645, National Gallery, London) Self-portrait (Autorretrato, after 1643, copy of an unknown author, Uffizi Gallery, Florence) Portrait Gaspar de Borja (Retrato de don Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, 1643–1645, Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid) Portrait of Gaspar de Borja (Retrato de don Gaspar de Borja y Velasco, copy of an unknown author, after 1643, Museum of Art , Ponce, Puerto Rico) Don Sebastian de Morra (El bufon don Sebastian de Morra, 1643–1649, Prado, Madrid)Don Diego de Acedo (El bufon don Diego de Acedo, el Primo, 1644, Prado, Madrid)Don Diego de Acedo (fragment)Portrait of Philip IV in military costume (Felipe IV en Fraga, 1644, Frick Collection, New York) Sibyl with blank slate (Figura de mujer, Sibila con tabula rasa, 1644–1648, Meadows Museum of Art, Dallas) Self-portrait (Autorretrato, circa 1645, Uffizi Gallery, Florence) Allegorical portrait of Philip IV (Retrato ecuestre de Felipe IV, 1645, Uffizi Gallery, Florence) Don Sebastián de Morra (El bufón don Sebastián de Morra, circa 1645, private collection, Switzerland) Portrait of a Galician woman (La gallega, 1645–1650, private collection, Japan) Portrait of a Knight of the Order of Santiago (Un caballero de la Orden de Santiago, 1645–1650, Old Masters Gallery, Dresden) Venus with mirror (Venus del espejo, 1647–1651, National Gallery, London) Portrait of Infanta Maria Theresa (Retrato de la infanta María Teresa, 1648, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) Portrait of Juan Francisco de Pimentel (X conde de Benavente, around 1648, Prado, Madrid)