Probably by Ignacio de Leon y Escosura, 'A Man in 17th-Century Spanish Costume', 1850-90
About the work
Overview
An unidentified man wearing fine seventeenth-century Spanish costume stands in a roughly sketched interior. His wealth is emphasised by the silver embroidery on his jacket, the fanciful slashed sleeves and the broad-brimmed hat lined with white feathers. He rests his arm on a chair and looks out at us. Underneath the thick curtain beside him it is just possible to make out the outlines of flowers. These belong to an earlier painting – a still life – and indicate that the artist of the painting reused an old canvas, probably dating from the seventeenth or eighteenth century.
This is a nineteenth-century imitation attributed to León y Escosura of a seventeenth-century painting. It is based on a life-size picture of a dwarf in the manner of Velázquez which is in the Prado, Madrid.
Key facts
Details
- Full title
- A Man in 17th-Century Spanish Costume
- Artist
- Probably by Ignacio de Leon y Escosura
- Artist dates
- 1834 - 1901
- Date made
- 1850-90
- Medium and support
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 92.7 × 69.9 cm
- Acquisition credit
- Presented by Charles Henry Crompton-Roberts, 1890
- Inventory number
- NG1308
- Location
- Not on display
- Collection
- Main Collection
Provenance
Additional information
Text extracted from the ‘Provenance’ section of the catalogue entry in Neil MacLaren, revised by Allan Braham, ‘National Gallery Catalogues: The Spanish School’, London 1988; for further information, see the full catalogue entry.
Bibliography
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1952Maclaren, Neil, National Gallery Catalogues: The Spanish School, London 1952
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1988Maclaren, Neil, revised by Allan Braham, National Gallery Catalogues: The Spanish School, 2nd edn (revised), London 1988
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2001
C. Baker and T. Henry, The National Gallery: Complete Illustrated Catalogue, London 2001
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