On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01209
- Author
- Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (Spanish)
- Title
- Francisco Pacheco
- Chronology
- 1619-1622
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 40 cm x 36 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal collection
This work bears witness to the
artist's great gift for portraiture
from the very beginning of his
career, and to his intellectual and
social circle. The protagonist was
not only an outstanding painter
active in Seville (1564-1644), but
also a notable intellectual who
wrote an influential treatise on
painting and edited the works of
the poet, Fernando de Herrera. He
was a key figure in Velasquez's
training, taking the younger artist
into his studio and transmitting
his artistic and intellectual
concerns to him. In 1618, his
daughter, Juana, married the young
painter.
While there has long been doubt
about the identity of the model,
definitive evidence has recently
emerged to prove it is Pacheco.
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