He depicted the myth of Arachne in his Las Hilanderas, and showed a woman sewing a piece of cloth in The Needlewoman.
This man popularized a new type of still life painting called the bodegon. He depicted the myth of Arachne in his Las Hilanderas, and showed a woman sewing a piece of cloth in The Needlewoman. He painted a wild drinking party in his Los Borracho, and depicted Ambrosio Spinola's victory in The Surrender of Breda. He painted the Cupid holding up a mirror for a goddess in his Rokeby Venus. He became the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV, and depicted the young Infanta Margarita with her attendants. For 10 points, name this Spanish baroque painter of Las Meninas.
This man popularized a new type of still life painting called the bodegon.
Diego Velázquez