Diego Velazquez Research Paper

The two people I decided to write about are Diego Velazquez, and Johann Sebastian Bach, who are both apart of the Baroque period.Diego Velazquez was a painter in the court for the king of spain who published what is called the “world’s greatest painting”. Johann Sebastian Bach played the harpsichord, and today is considered “one of the great western composers of all time”. Diego Velazquez, born in 1599, Spain, started an apprenticeship with a local painter when he was only eleven years of age. During his early ages he looked up to and was inspired by Italian painter Caravaggio. After completing his apprenticeship, Diego started a studio of his own, and a year later married Juana Pacheco, who is the daughter of the person who he had