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- Reference number
- P01196
- Author
- Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (Spanish)
- Title
- Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and her son, Luis
- Chronology
- Ca. 1631
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 215 cm x 110 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- LEGADO
- Procedence
- Legacy of the Duchess of Villahermosa, 1905
Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós
(1599/1603-1635), was the wife of
Diego del Corral y Arellano
(1570-1632), Judge of the Council
of Castile and professor at the
University of Salamanca. She
appears with Luis, one of the
couple's six children.
She wears a black “oil-cruet”
dress, so-called because of its
conical skirt, and holds her son by
the dress's “sleeve.” Her hand
rests on a chair, which indicates
her right to sit, a characteristic
of her high social standing, as she
served in the house of Prince
Baltasar Carlos (1629-1646).
The technique employed by the
painter, which combines a close-up
of the model with a neutral
background and floor and a slight
hallow around his head, is
characteristic of Velasquez's style
from the beginning of the sixteen
thirties.
This work was paired with the
portrait of her husband, Diego del
Corral y Arellano (P1195), and both
were owned by the family until the
Duchess of Villahermosa bequeathed
them to the Prado Museum.
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