Museo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.

Portrait of Cardinal Gaspar de Borja

ArtistWorkshop of Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599 - 1660)

Dateca. 1643

Object number62.0266

Mediumoil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/4 × 25 1/4 in. (76.8 × 64.1 cm)
frame: 38 5/8 × 33 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (98.1 × 85.1 × 6.4 cm)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc. Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York

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Spanish Paintings

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DescriptionGaspar de Borja y Velasco, the head of the Catholic Church in Spain, sat for the court painter Diego Velázquez sometime between 1643 and 1645. Velázquez sketched him in a black chalk drawing currently in the collection of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. Three portraits have been closely connected with this drawing, including this work. Previously attributed to Velázquez, recent scholars have determined the Ponce painting was done by a member of the artist's workshop.

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