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Lot 190
  • 190

After Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez

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Description

  • Diego Velázquez
  • Portrait of Prince Balthasar Carlos of Spain as a Hunter
  • oil on canvas, in a carved and gilt wood frame 

Provenance

Acquired in Naples in 1825 by William Noel-Hill, 3rd Lord Berwick, Ambassador to Naples 1824-33;
Thenece by descent to the 8th Lord Berwick, Attingham Park, Shrewsbury;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 22 July 1938, lot 118, for 390 guineas to Agnew;
With Thos. Agnew & Sons Ltd., London;
W.U. Goodbody;
F. Bateman, Alton Hall, Suffolk;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 23 July 1982, lot 145.

Exhibited

London, Royal Academy, Works by the Old Masters, 1886, no. 146 (as Velázquez).

Literature

A.L. Mayer, Velázquez, London 1936, no. 276 (as unseen);
J. Lopez-Rey, Velázquez, London 1963, p. 229, no. 313.

Catalogue Note

An 18th century copy after the original portrait of 1635-6 now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.  The original by Velázquez has been reduced on both sides, thus showing only two dogs, but the previous existence of a third dog is attested to by the numerous studio replicas and copies such as this one.