Portrait of Don Luis de Góngora
Diego Velázquez · 1622
Why it's great
An old man in black, with a laurel wreath on his head, looks off to the side with a stern face. This portrait of the great Spanish poet Luis de Góngora was painted by Velázquez in 1622.
Where to see it
📍 Museum of Fine Arts BostonBoston, United States
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Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1599. He moved to Madrid as a young man and became the court painter to King Philip IV, painting portraits such as Las Meninas that are among the greatest in the world. He died in Madrid in 1660.
