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Three Musicians Diego Velázquez, 1618
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Three Musicians

Diego Velázquez · 1618

Why it's great

Three young musicians play the guitar and violin and sing at a table, with a jug of wine. Diego Velázquez painted it in about 1618, when he was just starting out.

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📍 Gemäldegalerie BerlinBezirk Mitte, Germany

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About the artist

Diego Velázquez

1599–1660 · born in Seville · died in Madrid

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.

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