Velázquez: The Artist as Maker online catalogue elucidates the Spanish painter’s creative and historical legacies, and present an inventory of his painted œuvre. José López-Rey wrote a substantial account of Velásquez’s life (1599–1660), but also catalogued 129 of his paintings, all reproduced and analyzed. This volume was translated into three languages and published by Taschen in 1996.

This title includes revised information from the author's earlier study: "Veláquez' Work and World", 1968. A French language edition: "Velazquez: artiste et créateur, avec un catalogue raisonné de son oeuvre intégral" was published by La Bibliothèque des Arts in 1981. See also the most recent of the revised studies on the artist, published by Taschen together with the Wildenstein Institut in 2014, cited in this database.