Kitchen Scene
Diego Velázquez, 1618–20
In this kitchen scene, a type known as a bodegón (Spanish for pantry), Diego Velázquez depicted a young African woman at work, surrounded by exquisitely rendered pots and jugs and a crumpled paper wrapper for spices. Slavery was widespread in the young artist’s hometown of Seville—Velázquez, his father, and his teacher were all enslavers. Velázquez may have used an enslaved woman from one of these households as a model for this painting.
| Artist | Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660) |
|---|---|
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Size | 55.9 × 104.2 cm (21 7/8 × 41 1/8 in.); Framed: 74.9 × 125.1 × 7.3 cm (29 1/2 × 49 1/4 × 2 7/8 in.) |
| Origin | Spain |
| Type | Painting |
| Museum | Art Institute of Chicago · museum page |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0): free to download, print and hang. |
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