Don Gaspar de Guzman by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
by Carlos Diaz
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Don Gaspar de Guzman by Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez
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Carlos Diaz
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Photograph - Photographs
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Don Gaspar de Guzman - Remastered by Carlos Diaz
Don Gaspar de Guzmán (1587–1645), Count-Duke of Olivares
ca. 1636 or later
Attributed to Velázquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez) Spanish
The Count-Duke of Olivares was Philip IV’s powerful prime minister between 1621 and 1643. This picture is either a preliminary model or a reduced variant of a large equestrian portrait of the count-duke (Prado, Madrid), painted perhaps in celebration of a victory over the French at the border town of Fuenterrabía in 1638. In full armor and holding a baton, he is shown as a victorious commander. His horse holds a dressage position known as a levade.
The Count-Duke of Olivares was Philip IV’s powerful prime minister between 1621 and 1643. Although of extremely fine quality and incorporating differences, this picture is probably a reduced variant of a life-size equestrian portrait of the count-duke in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. It may have been painted by his son-in-law, Juan Bautista del Mazo—possibly with Velazquez’s intervention. Olivares is shown in full armor and holding a baton, as a victorious commander. His horse holds a dressage position known as a levade. In the background smoke rises from the battlefield.
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