6 August 2010 sees the 450th anniversary of the death of Spanish master Diego Velázquez,
and what better way to mark the date than with a selection of images by the master
including material from an exciting new Spanish partner agency, Oronoz!

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One of Velázquez's great masterpieces, Las Meninas, 1656
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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... and a detail from the same painting from our new partners at Oronoz
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A beautiful sketch of a young woman's face
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Mary of Austria, daughter of Philip IV of Spain
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Philip IV hunting wild boar, 1632-7
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Ferdinand of Austria, 1632-36

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A portrait of the writer Francisco de Quevedo
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A detail from the portrait of Gaspar de Guzman, circa 1635
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A detail of Christ Crucified, 1632
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A detail from the 1620 portrait of Sister Jeronima
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Sibyl, circa 1644
Photo: akg-images / Joseph Martin
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Sebastián de Morra, 1643
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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A view of Seville, Velázquez's home, at the time of his birth
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Philip III of Spain on horseback, attribuited to Bartolome Gonzalez with later additions by Velázquez in 1635
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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Compare and contrast: Ruben's portrait of Philip IV of Spain, 1628
Photo: akg-images / André Held
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... and Velázquez's portrait of the king from the very same year
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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The so-called Rokeby Venus, 1651
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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The Infanta Margarita, 1656
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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Young Woman Sewing, circa 1635
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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Head of a Stag, 1626/1627
Photo: akg-images / Joseph Martin
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The Surrender of Breda, 1635
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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Prince Baltasar Carlos and his dwarf, 1631
Photo: akg-images / Erich Lessing
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