Pablo de Valladolid or Portrait of a famous actor in the time of Philip IV |
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Artist | Diego Velázquez |
Year | c. 1635 |
Medium | oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 209 cm × 123 cm (82 in × 48 in) |
Location | Museo del Prado, Madrid |
Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid is a portrait by Diego Velázquez of Pablo or "Pablillos" de Valladolid, 1587–1648, a jester and actor at Philip IV's court from 1632 until his death. It is now in the Prado, to which it was moved in 1827.
In 1701 it was at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, in 1772 at the Palacio Real de Madrid and in 1816 at the Academia de San Fernando. In 1865, during his visit to Spain, the French painter Édouard Manet wrote of it:
Diego Velázquez. Democritus. Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen
Copy after 1st version of Democritus (before repainting). Man With a Wine Glass (Allegory of Taste). C. 1630. Toledo, Ohio