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the video you're about to watch

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is the third and last part of the series dedicated to the works of the Spanish

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painter Diego Velázquez. Most of his paintings are found in el Museo del Prado

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in Madrid, but there are other ones all around the world. Today we're going to

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study four paintings that are in museums outside Spain.

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Are these men important people? As we have already said, Velázquez liked to paint

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common people from the streets and other characters that were close to him, like

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relatives or friends. However, he also painted important people like kings and

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queens, princes and princesses, ministers, painters, writers and popes. This is the

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portrait of the Spanish writer Luis de Góngora and it is found in Boston the

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USA. He is one of the best writers of the 17th century and to me he is really

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meaningful because he was born in my home city Cordoba, Spain. In this

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portrait the painter was able to express Góngora's sobriety, serenity, seriousness

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and austerity in a wonderful way. Here Velázquez is depicting a picture of the

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Pope Innocent X. The Pope is the head and the most important figure of the

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Catholic Church and since its creation there have been 264 popes, the current

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one being Pope Francis. This is another masterpiece as the painter was able to

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show the Pope's intelligence and wit. In fact, many artists consider that this is the best

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portrait ever painted. A strong opinion. What do you think? Do you agree with them? A unique

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painting. Venus at her mirror is found in the National Gallery in London and it is unique

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because it depicts a nude woman. At that time, nude portraits were forbidden by Popes and the

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Catholic Church, but this painting was able to survive. It shows Venus, the Roman goddess of

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beauty and femininity, who is looking at herself in a mirror. Notice that the symbol femininity is

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this one, and do you think what it stands for? Exactly, this stands for a mirror. It makes sense,

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does it? The child who is holding the mirror is the Roman god of love, Cupid. Cupid was the son

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of Venus and Mars, and he is normally depicted with wings. He is the one that throws arrows to

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people, so be really careful, because if he throws you an arrow, you will immediately fall in love.

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Finally, Venus's reflection at the mirror is an invented one

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as it is physically impossible to show it that way

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but it is the painter's creation and he expressed it the way he wanted

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There is no confusion about the title

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Old Woman Frying Eggs is found in Edinburgh, Scotland

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This is a special painting because it is a mixture of a portrait and still life.

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In still lifes the painter shows scenes of dead animals, fruits, vegetables or flowers but also

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he shows objects like jugs or bottles. As a portrait it depicts a boy looking at the camera

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and an old lady looking at somewhere else. We have to say that Velázquez was really interested

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in catching the momentum and this can be seen in this moment where the egg white which looks

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transparent turns white when it is cooked. And so far this is it. I hope you have enjoyed the videos

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And what do you think? Now is your turn. What is your favorite painting? Which other artist would

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you like to learn about? Thank you very much for watching and I'll see you in the next video. Goodbye!