Portrait of a nobleman, 1651
228 × 108 cm
Oil on canvas
Provenance:
Marquis of Leganés, Diego Mexía de Guzmán y Dávila (1580–1655), inventory number 464, listed as “Portrait of the Maestre de Campo Juan de Castro dressed in a red garment,” and probably by inheritance to
2nd Marquis of Leganés, Gaspar Dávila Messía y Felípez de Guzmán (1630–1666), and probably by descent to
3rd Marquis of Leganés, Diego Francisco Dávila Messía y Guzmán (active 1666–1711), and by descent to
Count of Altamira, Antonio Gaspar de Moscoso Osorio y Aragón (1689–1725) in 1711, then by descent to
Count of Altamira, Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán Dávila y Aragón (1707–1734), then by descent to
Count of Altamira, Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba (1731–1766), then by descent to
Count of Altamira, Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso Guzmán (1756–1816), who probably sold it at auctions in London and Paris.
Private Collection, London, from which it was sold, “Old Pictures and Drawings from Various Sources,” London, Christie’s, June 6, 1947, lot 130, as Diego Velázquez, “Portrait of a Nobleman in embroidered red dress with white lace collar, standing by a table,” sold for £42.
Private Collection, London, from which it was sold by Spink & Son in 1993 as Diego Velázquez (together with a woman’s portrait) under the title “An exceptionally fine quality pair of Spanish Portraits, painted by Don Diego Velázquez, at Seville, in 1651.”
Private Collection, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above.
Bibliography:
López Navío, The Great Collection of Paintings of the Marquis of Leganés, Madrid, 1962, p. 289.
Inventory of the assets alienated from the entail during the lifetime of the 3rd Marquis, July 27, 1711, A.D.M., Cª 2102, booklet 3, fols. 4v–14v.
José Juan Pérez, The Marquis of Leganés and the Arts, 2008.
Portrait of a nobleman, 1651
228 × 108 cm
Oil on canvas
Provenance:
Marquis of Leganés, Diego Mexía de Guzmán y Dávila (1580–1655), inventory number 464, listed as “Portrait of the Maestre de Campo Juan de Castro dressed in a red garment,” and probably by inheritance to
2nd Marquis of Leganés, Gaspar Dávila Messía y Felípez de Guzmán (1630–1666), and probably by descent to
3rd Marquis of Leganés, Diego Francisco Dávila Messía y Guzmán (active 1666–1711), and by descent to
Count of Altamira, Antonio Gaspar de Moscoso Osorio y Aragón (1689–1725) in 1711, then by descent to
Count of Altamira, Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán Dávila y Aragón (1707–1734), then by descent to
Count of Altamira, Ventura Osorio de Moscoso y Fernández de Córdoba (1731–1766), then by descent to
Count of Altamira, Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso Guzmán (1756–1816), who probably sold it at auctions in London and Paris.
Private Collection, London, from which it was sold, “Old Pictures and Drawings from Various Sources,” London, Christie’s, June 6, 1947, lot 130, as Diego Velázquez, “Portrait of a Nobleman in embroidered red dress with white lace collar, standing by a table,” sold for £42.
Private Collection, London, from which it was sold by Spink & Son in 1993 as Diego Velázquez (together with a woman’s portrait) under the title “An exceptionally fine quality pair of Spanish Portraits, painted by Don Diego Velázquez, at Seville, in 1651.”
Private Collection, Buenos Aires.
Acquired from the above.
Bibliography:
López Navío, The Great Collection of Paintings of the Marquis of Leganés, Madrid, 1962, p. 289.
Inventory of the assets alienated from the entail during the lifetime of the 3rd Marquis, July 27, 1711, A.D.M., Cª 2102, booklet 3, fols. 4v–14v.
José Juan Pérez, The Marquis of Leganés and the Arts, 2008.
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