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TRAINING
When he was just ten years old, he began his training in the workshop of Francisco Herrera El Viejo, a prestigious painter in Seville in the 17th century, but with a very bad character and whom he could not stand. -
HIS PARENTS
His parents were Juan Rodriguez de Silva, born in Seville, although of Portuguese origin, and Jeronima Velazquez, from Seville. His parents were married in the church of San Pedro in the year 1597 on December 28 -
BORN
The painter Diego Velázquez was born on June 6, 1599 in Seville.