Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés

Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660)

National Gallery

1640 - 1645

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.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 66 x 60 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £100,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1967
• Vendor: Angus Bainbrigge

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.

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