© National Gallery, London
Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés
Artist: Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660)
Location: National Gallery
Date: 1640 - 1645
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 66 x 60 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £100,000)
Vendor: Angus Bainbrigge
Review number: 2281 (1967)
Provenance:
Jose de Madrazo, Keeper of the Spanish Royal Collection; Sir David Wilkie; Sir George I. Campbell of Succoth; Mr Hugh Borthwick Norton; Mr Angus Bainbrigge.
Description:
A fragment of a portrait showing the head and shoulders with black hat and cape, against a crimson curtain. Fernando de Valdés was archbishop of Granada in 1633. A full length painting exists, but here the sitter is older, suggesting that this portrait is the copy.
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