Realistic acrylic painting of the Portrait of Pope Innocent X and Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, painted by artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 120 x 90 cm and part of a permanent collection
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez or Velázquez for short (Seville, baptised 6 June 1599 - Madrid, 6 August 1660) was a Spanish painter who worked as the court painter of Spain's King Philip IV, for whom he produced many portraits of the royal family, as well as some religious paintings, genre pieces and other works. Velázquez belonged to the untitled, lowly Spanish and Portuguese nobility and was inducted into the Order of Santiago at the end of his life.
For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique.
At that time (1980) the tendency..
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