Usuku lokuzalwa: Nge-6 kaJuni ,1599
Wafa eneminyaka: 61
Umqondiso welanga: IGemini
Kwaziwa njenge:UDiego Rodríguez de Silva kunye noVelázquez
Uzalwe e:Seville
Idume njenge:Umzobi
Amagcisa Amadoda aseSpain
Usapho:
Iqabane / Ex-:UJuana pacheco
utata:UJoão Rodrigues da Silva
umama:UJeronima Velazquez
abantwana:Francisca de Silva Velázquez y Pacheco, Ignacia de Silva Velázquez y Pacheco
Usweleke kwi: Nge-6 ka-Agasti , 1660
indawo yokufa:IMadrid
Isixeko: Seville, eSpain
Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsiKuyacetyiswa Wena
UFrancisco Goya UPablo Picasso USalvador Dali UJoan MiroYayingubani uGeorge Velázquez (uMzobi)?
Umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa ontsonkothileyo ngezifundo ezinokwenyani, ezifaka ubomi kwinqanawa, zamenza ukuba abe ngomnye wabapeyinti abathandekayo eYurophu ngekhulu le-17, okanye mandithi yi-Golden Age yaseSpain. Akanelanga nje ukuba wayenetalente enesiphiwo sikaThixo sokubamba ubomi kwimizobo, kodwa wayenakho ukubanika imvakalelo yokwenyani. UDiego Velazquez, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, wayengoyena mdwebi ubalulekileyo waseSpain owadumisa ubugcisa baseNtshona kwisitayile sakhe sendalo, edlala ngeebrashi kunye nepeyinti zemibala. Imizobo yakhe emangazayo yayiqhelekile kukudityaniswa kwezikimu zombala eziqaqambileyo nezingenamthungo, ngakumbi abamnyama, ezimpunga, umbala obomvu kunye nemifuno eluhlaza. Imizobo yasebukhosini yaseVenice, eyinkulungwane ye-16, yadlala indima enkulu ekumtsaleleni kwimiboniso ebonakalayo, ebonakalayo kwizinto ezininzi awazenzayo ebomini bakhe bonke. Into eyongeze ukuthandwa kwakhe kokusebenzisa ubuchule obukhethekileyo kunye nezimbo ezahlukileyo kwimizobo yokupeyinta yayikukuqeshwa kwakhe njengegcisa elikhokelayo kwinkundla yasebukhosini kaKumkani uPhilip IV, ongazange avume ukufotwa ngomnye umntu ngaphandle kukaVelazquez. Imizobo yakhe ibonakalisa imixholo yenkolo kunye nezifundo zenkcubeko, nangona ebhale imifanekiso engenakubalwa ethetha ngamalungu osapho lwasebukhosini lwaseSpain, amanani abalulekileyo aseYurophu, kunye nomntu oqhelekileyo.
Ubuntwana kunye noBomi bokuqala U-Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez kukholelwa ukuba wazalwa kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokubhaptizwa kwakhe ngoJuni 6, 1599, eSeville, eAndalucia, njengoyena mdala kwigqwetha uJuan Rodriguez de Silva noJeronima Velazquez. Waye watsaleleka kubugcisa ukusukela ebuntwaneni kwaye ke, wajoyina umzobi odumileyo uFrancisco de Herrera owamfundisa ukupeyinta ngeebrashi ezinde. Ushiye isitudiyo sikaHerrera emva konyaka kwaye wajoyina igcisa lendawo uFrancisco Pacheco kwisifundo seminyaka emithandathu, owamfundisa ubuchule bokuzoba, ukupeyinta, ubomi obusekhona kunye nokuzoba. Qhubeka nokuFunda apha ngezantsi Umsebenzi Wagqiba ukufundela umsebenzi ngo-1617 waza wamisa i-studio yakhe. Imisebenzi yakhe yokuqala yabonisa izigcawu zohlobo oluthile kunye nezifundo ezingcwele- ‘Amaqanda amaFazi aMadala aQhotsa’ (1618), ‘Ukudunyiswa kweeMagi’ (1619), kunye noMama uJeronima de la Fuente (1620). Ngo-1622, waya eMadrid ngethemba lokufumana ulawulo lwasebukhosini kwaye wenza umzobo wembongi uLuis de Gongora, kodwa akazange afumane mpumelelo. Wabuya eMadrid emva konyaka, ngo-1623, kwi-Nkulumbuso u-Count-Duke we-Olivares ukuyalela ukupeyinta umfanekiso we King of Spain esencinci, u-King Philip IV, owammisela njengomnye wabazobi benkundla yakhe, akubona ukwakheka kwakhe. Umsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa wawuphefumlelwe kakhulu yimizobo yaseVenetian eyayikho kwibhotwe lasebukhosini, ngakumbi iTitian kunye neRubens, ebonakalayo kwi-'Los Borrachos '(The Triumph of Bacchus) - yenye yezona zinto zakhe zazidala ngelixesha. Ngo-1629, waya e-Italiya wayokufunda kunye nokuphucula umzobo wakhe, ojike waphumelela kakhulu ekuphuhliseni ubugcisa bakhe, ikakhulu ngenxa yempembelelo yabapeyinti balapha. Inkcubeko yeli xesha lase-Itali lakhutshwa ngelaphu ngemizobo yakhe emibini, ebonisa amadoda anganxibanga, awathi wawaqamba e-Roma- ‘Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan’ kunye ne ‘Joseph’s Coat Presented to Jacob’. Ukubuya kwakhe emva konyaka onesiqingatha, waqala wayepeyinta uthotho lwemifanekiso, ebonisa usapho lwasebukhosini ngehashe, ngaphandle kokubamba iingcungcu, ezazisebenza kwinkundla yoKumkani, kwiteyile njengoko kubonwe kwi 'The Favorite' (1644) . Ngaphandle kwemisebenzi yokupeyinta rhoqo, uthathe uxanduva olwahlukileyo kwindlu yasebukhosini. Ngo-1936, waba ngumncedisi we-wardrobe, walandelwa yintsumpa yasebukhosini ngo-1643. Uhambo lwakhe lwesibini oluya e-Italiya lwenzeka ngo-1649 apho wathenga khona imizobo kwaye wazihlaziya ngobugcisa obabutshintsha base-Italiya. Qhubeka nokufunda apha ngezantsi ngelixa useRoma, iAccademia di San Luca kunye neCongregazione dei Virtuosi al Pantheon, imibutho yamagcisa edumileyo, yambandakanya njengelungu, ngo-1650. Wabuyela eMadrid ngo-1651 kwaye wabekwa kwangoko njengomphathi wegumbi Kumkani. Wafumana izifundo ezitsha kwindlovukazi entsha yoKumkani, kunye nabantwana bakhe, ukuba babonise ngelaphu. Waba ligorha laseSantiago ngo-1658 kwaye wanikwa uxanduva lokongamela imihombiso yomtshato ka-Infanta Maria Theresa noLouis XIV wase-France kumda wase-France. Imisebenzi emikhulu Kuhambo lwakhe lwesibini lokuya e-Itali ngo-1649, wazoba owona msebenzi wakhe wobungcibi - umzobo kaPopu Innocent X, kunye nomfanekiso wenene wesicaka sakhe, uJuan de Pareja, kunye nomzobo wakhe obhinqileyo ophilileyo obhinqileyo 'uVenus Rokeby'. Ngo-1656, wathimba u-Infanta Margaret Theresa omncinci kwipeyinti yakhe ethi 'Las Meninas' (Izicakakazi Zokuhlonitshwa), ejikelezwe ziintombi zakhe kunye nabanye abalindi, eyaba yenye yezona zinto zibalulekileyo kuye. Wapeyinta i-Las hilanderas edumileyo (The Spinners), mhlawumbi phakathi kweengoma zakhe zokugqibela, ngo-1657, emele iNtsomi yaseArachne okanye izinto zangaphakathi zetapeyisi yasebukhosini, ethathwe ikakhulu kwiTitian ethi ‘Ukudlwengulwa kwe-Europa’. 'I-Infanta Margarita Teresa enxibe ilokhwe eBlue' (1659), indalo eyodwa ebonisa umtsalane obonakalayo kumgangatho wayo wesithathu xa ujongwa kumgama othile, yayingumboniso wokugqibela awawenzayo wosapho lwasebukhosini. Ubomi boBuntu kunye neLifa Watshata intombi yomcebisi wakhe, uJuana Pacheco, ngo-1618. Esi sibini sasineentombi ezimbini - uFrancisca de Silva Velazquez y Pacheco (1619) no-Ignacia de Silva Velazquez y Pacheco (1621). Ekubuyeni kwakhe eMadrid evela emtshatweni ka-Infanta Maria Theresa eFrance, wagula ngumkhuhlane wasweleka ngo-Agasti 6, 1660. Wabekwa kwindawo yokuphumla eFuensalida egumbini, kwiCawe iSan Juan Bautista. Umfazi wakhe uJuana wasweleka kwiveki yokubhubha kwakhe kwaye wangcwatywa ecaleni kweVelazquez. Nangona kunjalo, amaFrentshi ayitshabalalisa icawe ngo-1811 kwaye ngenxa yoko, indawo yakhe yokungcwaba ihlala ingaziwa. Kumsitho wokuzalwa kwakhe iminyaka engama-400 ngo-1999, iMyuziyam yasePrado eSpain yabonisa imisebenzi yakhe yobugcisa, ngelixa uphando olutsha lwenziwa engcwabeni lakhe. Inqaku Njengenxalenye yesiko laseSpain lokuqhubeka nelifa loomama, wamkela igama likanina njengeyona ndoda inkulu. Le nkosi inkulu yayingukhokho weeMarquesses zaseMonteleone, ezizukulwana zazo zazibandakanya iiroyals zaseYurophu, ezinjengoKumkani Albert II waseBelgium, iNkosana yaseLiechtenstein, uKumkanikazi uSofia waseSpain, kunye noHenri, Grand Duke waseLuxembourg. Imisebenzi yakhe yobugcisa baseNtshona yaba kukukhuthaza amanye amagcisa awaziwayo, aquka uSalvador Dali, uFrancis Bacon, kunye noPablo Picasso, logama umphengululi ongumFrentshi uEdouard Manet amthiye igama elithi ‘ngumzobi wabapeyinti’.
