Figure of a King
Late XVI - Primer tercio del siglo XVII century. Pencil ground, Grey-brown wash, White lead, Squared-up, Pencil on paper.Not on display
The standing figure wears a cloak and a crown, holds a sceptre in his right hand, and faces forward.
While in the Fernández Durán collection, it was attributed to Zurbarán. However, it is a work quite characteristic of Carducho. It may be a preparatory drawing for one of the canvases in the series of the Gothic Kings painted by Carducho and other artists around 1635. Within this series, drawings by different artists are preserved, among which is his drawing of Athaulf that is somewhat analogous nature. It is currently on loan from the Prado to the Museo del Ejército.
Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos.Vol.I.Dibujos Españoles.Siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado, 1972, p.70
