Velazquez, Art and Power

Diego Rodriguez de Silva and Velazquez.

From being the son of a modest ecclesiastical notary to becoming the son-in-law of the influential painter Francisco Pacheco, protected by Count-Duke of Olivares at Court, chamber usher, bailiff, Assistant to His Majesty, Assistant of the Chamber, Superintendent of Works, Royal Apothecary, Knight of the Order of Santiago...

and Universal master of painting.