The Waterseller of Seville
Diego Velázquez · 1620
Why it's great
An old man hands a glass of water to a boy, beside a large clay jar, with a fig dropping into the glass. Diego Velázquez painted it in about 1620, and the water drops on the jar are so real that you can almost feel the cool.
Where to see it
📍 United Kingdom
Hang it on your wall
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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.
