© National Gallery, London
Portrait of Archbishop Fernando de Valdés
Diego Velazquez
- Art Funded
- 1967
- Dimensions
- 66 x 60 cm
- Vendor
- Angus Bainbrigge
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.
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.