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Boletín del Museo del Prado

Portraits by Scipione Pulzone in the Museo del Prado

Boletín del Museo del Prado
Boletín

Boletín del Museo del Prado Issue 41

2025 | ISSUE 41 | PAGE 26

Author

Leticia Ruiz Gómez (Museo Nacional del Prado)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1437-601x

Keywords

Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Quinta del duque del Arco, Scipione Pulzone, portraits

RESUMEN

This article reviews the provenance and attribution history of three portraits in the Museo del Prado that were in the collection housed at the estate of the 1st Duke of El Arco, who assembled a notable group of portraits. Portrait of a Lady and Knight of Santiago are presented here as a possible portrait of a couple, executed in a style that corresponds to that of Scipione Pulzone (il Gaetano): a balanced combination of distinction, compositional simplicity and sumptuous attire which, although characteristic of other painters of the period, became a true hallmark of Pulzone’s work. The same attribution is reinstated for Portrait of a Gentleman (P-295), a carefully executed head that lost its connection with Pulzone in 1919, following the hypothetical identification of the sitter as Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.

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