Das Geheimnis von Velázquez | in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte der Universität Heidelberg

In the organizer's words:

THE MYSTERY OF VELÁZQUES

Special screening on Sunday 23.11.25, 11:00 am, GLORIA for European Cinema Day

In cooperation with the Institute for European Art History at the University of Heidelberg and with thematic introduction by Dr. Alexandra Vinzenz

F 2025 | Director: Stéphane Sorlat | 91 min. | FSK 0
Documentary film

Édouard Manet praised him as the "painter of all painters", Salvador Dalí called him the "glory of Spain" and Pablo Picasso dedicated a series of paintings to his "great idol" - but who was Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) really? With "The Court Maidens", the court painter of the Spanish king created one of the most influential paintings of all time, painting portraits of the royal family, the Pope, but also of the common people. But where did his unrivaled mastery of light and shadow, which gives his baroque portraits subtle tones and a lively atmosphere and which only became socially acceptable a century later in Impressionism, come from? The documentary traces the echoes of a painter of genius, which are echoed in countless works by world-famous artists and still pose puzzles today.

Price information:

regular: € 11,- | reduced: € 9,- (Reduction: Guild Pass, students, pupils, senior citizens over 65, severely disabled pass, social pass)