Juan de Pareja 1650oil on canvas
81.3 x 69.9 cm (32" x 27.5")

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 – 1660). Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.


Yesterday I mentioned August Sander and Diego Velazquez in the same breath. With allowances for differences between their two media, photography and painting, I think that they are trying to tell us the same thing about their subjects. You be the judge.

I'll have more to say about photography and painting in a future post.