Diego Velázquez vs Evangelista Torricelli
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Compare the life timelines of Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) and Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 39 years, from 1608 to 1647.
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Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)
- — Born in Seville, Spain Verified
- — Apprenticed to the painter Francisco Pacheco in Seville Verified
- — Married Juana Pacheco, daughter of his teacher Verified
- — Moved to Madrid and appointed court painter to King Philip IV Verified
- — First journey to Italy to study the Italian masters Verified
- — Painted The Surrender of Breda Verified
- — Second journey to Italy and Portrait of Pope Innocent X Verified
- — Painted Las Meninas Verified
- — Knighted in the Order of Santiago Verified
- — Died in Madrid Verified
Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647)
- — Born in Rome Verified
- — Studied mathematics and science under Benedetto Castelli in Rome Verified
- — Wrote De motu gravium developing Galileo's mechanics Verified
- — Became Galileo's assistant in Arcetri Verified
- — Appointed grand-ducal mathematician of Tuscany Verified
- — Formulated Torricelli's law on the speed of efflux Verified
- — Invented the mercury barometer Verified
- — Published Opera geometrica Verified
- — Died in Florence, probably of typhoid fever Verified