Diego Velázquez
Kitchen Maid

ArtistSpanish, 1599–1660
CultureSpanish
Titles
  • Kitchen Maid
Datec. 1620
PlaceSpain
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions34 × 28 3/4 in. (86.4 × 73 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number55.100
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceHumphry Ward Collection, London; Searles Collection; B. Allen Rowland Collection, Methuen, Massachusetts, c. 1939; Edward F. Byrnes, 1952; Masterson Collection, Houston,1955; given to MFAH, 1955.
Exhibition History"Paintings, Drawings, Prints from Private Collections in New England," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 9–September 10, 1939.

"Fetes de la Palette," Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, New Orleans, November 16, 1962–January 7, 1963.

"Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid," San Antonio Museum of Art, June 22–September 16, 2018.

"Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 3–July 16, 2023.

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