Manet's debt to Velázquez is evident in the compositions of Ragpicker and Tragic Actor, with nearly life-sized figures placed against an ambiguous backdrop that give the works an austere, theatrical ...

by 17th-century Spanish painter Diego Velázquez (1599 –1660). One of the highlights of the Prado’s collection of works by the artist, this masterpiece has never before been exhibited on the ...

“The Jester Don Diego de Acedo”, in which the tiny figure is weighed down by an enormous folio volume, is one of Velázquez’s most affecting works. Another is the portrait of his ...