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The Fine Arts Museum in Budapest
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Summary: Velazquez was a court painter to Spanish king Phillip IV. Learn more about the paintings of Diego Velazquez at the Budapest Fine Arts Museum in this free art education and travel video from a director and tour guide at the museum.
Edina Deme has a master of arts degree from József Attila University in Szeged, Hungary and a master of arts degree from Bard Graduate Center in New York. She is the director of the...read more
"This is a painting by Velazquez, a very famous Spanish artist. And the painting is titled "Tavern scene". This is a typical topic and genre of the time. The painting was made in the first two decades of the 17th century; quite precisely around 1622. And this is the period of the Golden Age in Spanish art that lasted from mid-16th to mid-17th centuries. One of the most famous artists of this period is Velazquez, who was a court painter as well and as a court painter to Phillip IV, a Spanish king, he had many commissions. Therefore we know a lot of paintings by him."
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