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Description of the painting Diego Velazquez “Deer Head”

Description of the painting Diego Velazquez “Deer Head”


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The picture was painted in 1634 with oil on canvas.

The canvas belongs to the artistic style of baroque in the genre of animalistics.

Diego Velazquez is a 17th century Spanish artist. He was born into a noble family. From childhood, he showed great interest in painting, and his father decided to give his son to study with the famous artist of that time Herrera.

Becoming an artist for a nobleman in those days was not prestigious. But Velazquez could learn from the famous Spanish artist no more than a year, since they did not agree on the characters. Then he began to study with no less famous Pacheco.

Velazquez already at an early age showed great ability to paint landscapes and portraits. His work became known at the royal court and he was invited there. There he became an artist at the court, his workshop was located next to the king’s apartments. In addition to portraits of the royal family, Velazquez paints at the court the so-called horse and hunting canvases. He performs them on the terrace.

The painting “The head of a deer” actually depicts the head of a wild animal. The artist's paintings did not differ in bright and catchy color. He often used a black-gray or brown background. But this did not reduce the depth and realism of his paintings. This can prove the great skill of the author.

The deer is depicted so realistically that it seems he will come out of the picture and walk alongside. How skillfully smooth lines depict the wool on his forehead. His canvases are filled with rigor and at the same time lightness. A thin layer of oil shows us the texture of the canvas. The artist was able to skillfully convey black and white effects in his works.

His work has become a great legacy of Spain and the whole world. The artist created his canvases without sketches, he could immediately masterfully paint any portrait or landscape.

The painting is in storage at the Prado Museum. Spain.





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