Details
School of DIEGO RODRIGUEZ DE SILVA Y VELASQUEZ (1599-1660)
Portrait of Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, Count Duke of Olivares (1587-1645), half length, wearing a black costume with a white collar
oil on canvas
27 x 22 7/8in. (68.6 x 58.1cm.)
Provenance
General John Meade, Consul General at Madrid Captain Richard Ford; his sale, Christie's, London, June 14, 1929, lot 6 (unsold at 500 gns.)
Northbrook sale; Christie's, London, June 11, 1937, lot 33 (unsold at 71 gns.)
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, June 9, 1944, lot 116 (#283.10 to the family of the present owner)
Literature
G. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, 1854, II, p. 223, as Velazquez
C.B. Curtis, Velasquéz and Murillo, 1883, p. 73, no. 177, as Velazquez
R.E. Prothero, ed., The Letters of Richard Ford (1797-1858), 1905 R.A.M. Stevenson, Velazquéz, Great Masters, 1908, pp. 11-92
A.L. Mayer, Velazquéz, 1936, no. 327, as
J. Lopez-Rey, Velazquéz: A Catalogue Raisonnée of his Oeuvre, 1963, p. 299, no. 513, pl. 379, as a school work
J.H. Elliott, The Count-Duke of Olivares (1587-1645), History Today, June 1963, pp. 367-375
J.C. Aznar, Velazquéz, 1964, p. 635, illustrated p. 637
M.P.M. Bardi, L'Opera Completa di Velasquéz, 1969, p. 97, under no. 64B, as a school work
Exhibited
London, Burlington House, 1870, no. 46
London, Burlington House, 1895, no. 114
London, New Gallery, Exhibition of Spanish Art, 1895-1896, no. 45, as Velasquez, lent by the Rt. Hon. Sir Clare Ford
London, Guildhall, Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Works of Spanish Painters, 1901, no. 135, as Velasquez
London, Grafton Galleries, Exhibition of Spanish Old Master Paintings, Oct. 1913-Jan. 1914, no. 67, as Velasquez
London, George Newnes Ltd, Velasquez, c. 1915
