Diego Velázquez

Just Stop Oil activists standing by the Rokeby Venus after hitting the protective glass with safety hammers.
Activists Attack Diego Velázquez’s Venus at London's National Gallery
Just Stop Oil protestors attacked Diego Velázquez's famed Rokeby Venus painting at London's National Gallery in possibly the most damaging attack on art by the activist group thus far.
Francisco Goya, Detail of El Tres de Mayo (The Third of May), 1814. Oil on canvas. 106 x 137 in. Museo del Prado, Madrid. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Prado Museum's 6 Most Iconic Paintings
The Museo Nacional del Prado, or Prado Museum, was founded in 1819 and is located in Madrid. The collection began with and still significantly consists of items from the Spanish Royal Family’s…
Re-discovered after nearly 300 years, Diego Velázquez’s portrait of Olimpia Maidalchini Pamphilj
Missing for 300 Years, Velázquez Portrait Comes to Auction
how did a portrait by one of the greatest artists of all time, of one of the most influential women of his lifetime, go unnoticed for 300 years?
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Why Diego Velázquez’s "Las Meninas" Continues to Inspire New Interpretations
Painted in 1656 at the Royal Alcázar of Madrid, this large scale masterpiece contains an enigmatic configuration of illusions and codes that invite new interpretations centuries later.
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"Kitchen Maid": A Newly Attributed Painting by Diego Velázquez

How do conservators attribute paintings to artists? Zahira Bomford, senior conservator of paintings, discusses "Kitchen Maid," a 17th-century painting that has been in the MFAH collection for…