"The Water Carriers Of Seville Oil Painting After Velazquez"
The Water Carriers of Seville Oil After Velazquez Important oil on large format cardboard High quality oil painting, mentioning at the bottom right "after Velazquez" Work late 19th early 20th 65 x 79.5cm including frame 50 x 65 excluding frame The original painting named "The Water Carrier of Seville" is one of the main early works of Diego Velazquez, painted during his last years in Seville. It is an oil on canvas kept at the Wellington Museum, in the London palace of Apsley House. It was offered by Ferdinand VII of Spain to General Arthur Wellesley in recognition of British assistance in the liberation of Spain from the Napoleonic Empire.