print
- Museum number
- 1869,0410.1020
- Title
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Object: D.Diego Velazquez de Silva
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Series: Retratos de Españoles Ilustres
- Description
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Portrait standing half-length facing front holding palette and brushes within ornamental frame and cartouche; published in the collection 'Retratos de Españoles Ilustres'.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1788-1814
- Dimensions
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Height: 352 millimetres
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Width: 250 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Series promoted by the Count of Floridablanca in 1788 to mark the creation of the Real Calcografía. 114 portraits were engraved until 1814, when its publication was interrupted.
The verse below image reads: "D. Diego Velazquez de Silva:/ Pintor del Rey FELIPE IIII: conside-/ rado como el Príncipe de los Profesores / Españoles. Nació en Sevilla en 1594,/ y murió en Madrid en 1660".
["D. Diego Velazquez de Silva: / Painter to the King Philip IV: considered / as the Prince of the Spanish / Masters. He was born in Seville in 1594, / and died in Madrid in 1660"].
Annotated: "[...] from Painter's works / 167" (verso).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Retratos de Españoles Ilustres con un epítome de sus vidas
- Acquisition date
- 1869
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1869,0410.1020
