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In this modest kitchen scene, a type known as a bodegón (from the Spanish for pantry), Diego Velázquez depicted a young African woman at work, surrounded by exquisitely rendered pots, jugs, a mortar and pestle, and a crumpled paper wrapper for spices. Slavery was widespread in the young artist’s hometown of Seville: Velázquez, his father, and his teacher, Francisco Pacheco, were all enslavers. In creating this painting, Velázquez may have used an enslaved woman from one of these households as a model.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 104 × 55 Cm |
| Tags | slaverystill lifeAfricandomesticdomestic scenesfemaleinteriorjugkitchenportraits: African subjectservingwareUtensilvasewomen |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
Timeline
Chain of custody, exhibitions, and verification milestones synced from the provenance service.
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exhibition
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter, Apr. 3 - July 16, 2023, p. 73 (ill), as Kitchen Maid.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter, Apr. 3 - July 16, 2023, p. 73 (ill), as Kitchen Maid.
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12
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David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés, Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter in the Age of Velázquez, exh. cat.
David Pullins and Vanessa K. Valdés, Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter in the Age of Velázquez, exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023), 72, 73 (ill), 74, as Kitchen Maid.
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12
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exhibition
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Velázquez, March 20-July 13, 2015, cat. 16.
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Velázquez, March 20-July 13, 2015, cat. 16.
Thu
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Fernando Checa, Velázquez: The Complete Paintings,
Fernando Checa, Velázquez: The Complete Paintings, (Antwerp, 2008), p. 61, no. 5b ill.
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Sarah Schroth, “A New Style of Grandeur: Politics and Patronage at the Court of Philip III” in El Greco to Velázquez, Art during the Reign of Philip III, exhib. cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2008, p. 114.
Sarah Schroth, “A New Style of Grandeur: Politics and Patronage at the Court of Philip III” in El Greco to Velázquez, Art during the Reign of Philip III, exhib. cat., Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2008, p. 114.
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12
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exhibition
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, El Greco to Velázquez, Art during the Reign of Philip III, April 20- July 27, 2008, cat. 60; Durham, North Carolina, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, August 21- November 9, 2008.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, El Greco to Velázquez, Art during the Reign of Philip III, April 20- July 27, 2008, cat. 60; Durham, North Carolina, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, August 21- November 9, 2008.
Thu
12
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Sarah Schroth and Ronni Baer, “Still Life and the Bodegón” in El Greco to Velázquez, Art during the Reign of Philip III, exhib. cat. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2008, p. 271.
Sarah Schroth and Ronni Baer, “Still Life and the Bodegón” in El Greco to Velázquez, Art during the Reign of Philip III, exhib. cat. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2008, p. 271.
Thu
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Peter Cherry, review of Velázquez, National Gallery, London in Burlington Magazine 149
Peter Cherry, review of Velázquez, National Gallery, London in Burlington Magazine 149 (2007), pp. 50-52, figs. 57, 59.
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Javier Portus, Velázquez’s Fables. Mythyology and Sacred History in the Golden Age, exhib. cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2007, p. 306, under no. 3.
Javier Portus, Velázquez’s Fables. Mythyology and Sacred History in the Golden Age, exhib. cat., Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 2007, p. 306, under no. 3.
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12
Feb
exhibition
London, The National Gallery, Velázquez, 18 October 2006 - 21 January 2007, no. 6.
London, The National Gallery, Velázquez, 18 October 2006 - 21 January 2007, no. 6.
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Frank Zuccari, Zahira Véliz, and Inge Fiedler, “Saint John in the Wilderness: Observations on Technique, Style, and Authorship,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 31, 2
Frank Zuccari, Zahira Véliz, and Inge Fiedler, “Saint John in the Wilderness: Observations on Technique, Style, and Authorship,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 31, 2 (2005), pp. 32, 32, 107, figs. 3, 8b.
Thu
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exhibition
Seville, Hospital de los Venerables, De Herrera a Velazquez: El primer naturalismo en Sevilla, 29 November 2005 - 28 February 2006; traveled to Bilbao, Museo de Belles Artes de Bilbao, 20 March - 28 May 2006, no. 36.
Seville, Hospital de los Venerables, De Herrera a Velazquez: El primer naturalismo en Sevilla, 29 November 2005 - 28 February 2006; traveled to Bilbao, Museo de Belles Artes de Bilbao, 20 March - 28 May 2006, no. 36.
Thu
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Gridley McKim-Smith, Inge Fiedler, Rhona Macbeth, Richard Newman, and Frank Zuccari, “Velázquez: Painting from Life” in Essays in Honor of John M. Brealey, Metropolitan Museum Journal, 40
Gridley McKim-Smith, Inge Fiedler, Rhona Macbeth, Richard Newman, and Frank Zuccari, “Velázquez: Painting from Life” in Essays in Honor of John M. Brealey, Metropolitan Museum Journal, 40 (2005), pp. 79-91, figs. 1,3, 4.
Thu
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Felix Scheffler, Das spanische Stilleben des 17. Jahrhunderts: Theorie, Genese und Entfaltung einer neuen Bildgattung
Felix Scheffler, Das spanische Stilleben des 17. Jahrhunderts: Theorie, Genese und Entfaltung einer neuen Bildgattung (Frankfurt am Main, 2000), p. 124, fig 19.
Thu
12
Feb
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Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, La Pintura Española fuera de España
Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, La Pintura Española fuera de España (Historia y Catálogo) (Madrid, 1958), p. 318, no. 2815.
Thu
12
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Bernardino de Pantorba, La vida y la obra del Velázquez
Bernardino de Pantorba, La vida y la obra del Velázquez (Madrid, 1955), p. 65, no. 5 (ill.).
Thu
12
Feb
exhibition
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Caravaggio and the Tenebrosi, 8 April – 30 May 1954, no. 23.
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Caravaggio and the Tenebrosi, 8 April – 30 May 1954, no. 23.
Thu
12
Feb
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Dorothy Grafly, “On the Subject of Man. A Report on the Carnegie Institute’s ‘Genre’ Show and the Arensberg Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,” American Artist 18, 9
Dorothy Grafly, “On the Subject of Man. A Report on the Carnegie Institute’s ‘Genre’ Show and the Arensberg Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,” American Artist 18, 9 (December 1954), p. 38 (ill.).
Thu
12
Feb
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Carl Justi, Velázquez y su siglo
Carl Justi, Velázquez y su siglo (Madrid, 1953), rev. ed. with appendix by Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, pp. 818, 830, fig. 228.
Thu
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Charles Sterling, La Nature Morte de l’antiquité à nos jours
Charles Sterling, La Nature Morte de l’antiquité à nos jours (Paris, 1952), no. 62, pp. 67, 132.
Fri
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Gridley McKim-Smith, "La técnica Sevillana de Velázquez" in Velázquez y Sevilla, exhib. cat. Seville, Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas, 1999, pp. 116, 119 ill.
Gridley McKim-Smith, "La técnica Sevillana de Velázquez" in Velázquez y Sevilla, exhib. cat. Seville, Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas, 1999, pp. 116, 119 ill.
Fri
12
Feb
exhibition
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, El Bodegón Español [De Zurbarán a Picasso], 13 December 1999 - 19 April 2000, no. 17.
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, El Bodegón Español [De Zurbarán a Picasso], 13 December 1999 - 19 April 2000, no. 17.
Fri
12
Feb
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Miguel Morán Turina and Isabel Sánchez Quevedo, Velázquez. Catálogo completo
Miguel Morán Turina and Isabel Sánchez Quevedo, Velázquez. Catálogo completo (Madrid, 1999), pp. 22, 24-25, ill., no. 4.
Fri
12
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Peter Cherry, Arte y Naturaleza: el bodegón español en el siglo de oro
Peter Cherry, Arte y Naturaleza: el bodegón español en el siglo de oro (Aranjuez, 1999), pp. 56, 62, 70 n. 88, pl. 26.
Thu
12
Feb
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Yves Bottineau, Velázquez
Yves Bottineau, Velázquez (Paris, 1998), p. 53, fig. 35.
Mon
12
Feb
exhibition
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Velázquez in Seville, August 8–October 20, 1996, cat. 23.
Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Velázquez in Seville, August 8–October 20, 1996, cat. 23.
Mon
12
Feb
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José López-Rey, Velázquez. Catalogue Raisonné
José López-Rey, Velázquez. Catalogue Raisonné (Cologne, 1996), pp. 42-44, no. 18, ill. p. 45.
Sat
12
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Julián Gállego, Velázquez en Sevilla
Julián Gállego, Velázquez en Sevilla (Seville, 1994), pp. 101, 113-14, 180; reprinted in Julián Gállego, La realidad trascendida y otros estudios sobre Velázquez, ed. Francisco Calvo Serraller and Javier Portús (Madrid, 2011), pp. 188, 193, under no. 4.
Fri
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Odile Delenda, Velázquez: Peintre religieux
Odile Delenda, Velázquez: Peintre religieux (Geneva, 1993), p. 32, pl. 5.
Mon
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Antonio Domínguez Ortiz, Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, Julián Gállego, Velázquez, exhib. cat., Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1990, pp. 58-61, under cat. 1, ill.
Antonio Domínguez Ortiz, Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez, Julián Gállego, Velázquez, exhib. cat., Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1990, pp. 58-61, under cat. 1, ill.
Fri
12
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Rosemarie Mulcahy, Spanish Paintings in The National Gallery of Ireland
Rosemarie Mulcahy, Spanish Paintings in The National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, 1988), pp. 79-82.
Fri
12
Feb
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Adrian Le Harivel, Rosemarie Mulcahy, and Homan Potterton, National Gallery of Ireland: The Beit Collection
Adrian Le Harivel, Rosemarie Mulcahy, and Homan Potterton, National Gallery of Ireland: The Beit Collection (Dublin, 1988), p. 52, under no. 16.
Thu
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Barry Wind, Velazquez's Bodegones: A Study in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Genre Painting
Barry Wind, Velazquez's Bodegones: A Study in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Genre Painting (Fairfax, Virginia, 1987), fig. 8.
Wed
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Jonathan Brown, Velázquez: Painter and Courtier
Jonathan Brown, Velázquez: Painter and Courtier (New Haven and London, 1986), p. 21, pl. 26.
Tue
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Feb
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William B. Jordan, Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age, 1600-1650, exhib. cat., Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 1985, pp. 76, 81, n. 15.
William B. Jordan, Spanish Still Life in the Golden Age, 1600-1650, exhib. cat., Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 1985, pp. 76, 81, n. 15.
Tue
12
Feb
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Charles Sterling, La nature morte de l'antiquité au XXe siècle
Charles Sterling, La nature morte de l'antiquité au XXe siècle (rev. ed., Paris, 1985), pp. 63 ill., 71-2, 137.
Sat
12
Feb
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Marianna Haraszti-Takács, Spanish Genre Painting in the Seventeenth Century
Marianna Haraszti-Takács, Spanish Genre Painting in the Seventeenth Century (Budapest, 1983), pp. 223-24, no. 213, pl. 82.
Thu
12
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Maurice Sérullaz, Velázquez
Maurice Sérullaz, Velázquez (New York, 1981), p. 32, fig. 38.
Mon
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José López-Rey, Velázquez. The Artist as a Maker with a Catalogue Raisonné of his extant Works
José López-Rey, Velázquez. The Artist as a Maker with a Catalogue Raisonné of his extant Works (Lausanne-Paris, 1979), pp. 17, 218, no. 18, fig. 77.
Mon
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John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America (New York, 1979), p. 285.
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Madlyn Millner Kahr, Velázquez: The Art of Painting
Madlyn Millner Kahr, Velázquez: The Art of Painting (New York, 1976), p. 21.
Mon
12
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Jose Gudiol, Velázquez 1599-1660: Historia de su vida; Catalogo de su obra; estudio de la evolucion de su tecnica
Jose Gudiol, Velázquez 1599-1660: Historia de su vida; Catalogo de su obra; estudio de la evolucion de su tecnica (Barcelona, 1973), p. 323, cat. 4, fig. 11.
Fri
12
Feb
exhibition
Denver, Colorado, The Denver Art Museum, Baroque Art, 3 October – 15 November 1971, p. 106, ill.
Denver, Colorado, The Denver Art Museum, Baroque Art, 3 October – 15 November 1971, p. 106, ill.
Thu
12
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John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (London, 1970), pp. 258, ill., 288.
Wed
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P. M. Bardi, L’Opera completa di Velázquez
P. M. Bardi, L’Opera completa di Velázquez (Milan, 1969), cat. 5A (ill.).
Mon
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Feb
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José López-Rey, Velázquez' Work and World
José López-Rey, Velázquez' Work and World (London, 1968), pl. 21.
Fri
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Feb
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Leo Steinberg, review of José López-Rey, Velázquez: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Oeuvre in The Art Bulletin, 47
Leo Steinberg, review of José López-Rey, Velázquez: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Oeuvre in The Art Bulletin, 47 (1965), pp. 278, 279, 281.
Tue
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José López-Rey, Velázquez: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Oeuvre
José López-Rey, Velázquez: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Oeuvre (London, 1963), p. 156, no. 99, pl. 24.
Mon
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Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, Diego Velázquez
Juan Antonio Gaya Nuño, Diego Velázquez (Madrid, 1962), p. 10.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. A Catalogue of the Picture Collection
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago. A Catalogue of the Picture Collection (Chicago, 1961), pp. 459-60, ill. p. 99.
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