Velasquez
Datec. 1963
Artist
Leonard Baskin
(American sculptor and printmaker, 1922–2000)
MediumWoodcut
Dimensionscomposition: 20 1/16 × 13 9/16 in. (51 × 34.4 cm)
sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 in. (75.9 × 55.9 cm)
sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 in. (75.9 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred Appel, Jr., 2009
Object number2009-12
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn Baskin's portrait of Diego Velasquez (1599–1660), the Spanish artist emerges from a sea of black ink. Court painter to the Spanish royal family, Velasquez was influential as a portraitist, and his paintings often place his sitters against dark backgrounds. Baskin's image may be based on the painter's self-portrait in Museo de Bellas Artes in Valencia.
