True. Diego Velázquez influenced many later painters including Courbet, Degas and especially Manet.
Explanation:
True. Diego Velázquez influenced many later painters including Courbet, Degas and especially Manet. Velázquez is considered one of the most important Spanish painters of all times and many artists were influenced by his work, especially impressionists. Manet was highly inspired by both Velázquez and Goya and he even travelled to see their work exhibited in Spain. He was interested not only in Velazquez technique but also in the way he portrayed people. He considered Velázquez “el pintor de los pintores”, that in English means “the painter of painters”.
