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VELÁZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y: Juan Martinez Montañés

🖼 Juan Martinez Montañés, c. 1635
Oil on canvas
109 × 88 cm
Madrid, Spain

Soft light models the sculptor's contemplative face in three-quarter view, his hand gesturing toward clay. Velázquez captures the intellectual dignity of Montañés, Spain's greatest Baroque sculptor, elevating a craftsman to heroic status rarely granted outside nobility.

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