1632
oil
canvas
From the collection of Kimbell Art Museum
Portrait of Don Pedro de Barberana is a 1632 oil by Diego Velázquez, a Spanish Baroque Tenebrist work, depicting Man, held at Kimbell Art Museum.
This portrait shows a man dressed in black, with a white collar and a black cape draped over his shoulders. He wears black shoes and holds a black hat in his right hand. The man's attire is formal, with intricate details on his clothing. The background of the painting is a muted brown color, which helps to focus attention on the subject. The artist's use of chiaroscuro creates a sense of depth and volume in the painting. If you want to learn more about the artist who used chiaroscuro, look up Diego Velázquez.
Portrait of Don Pedro de Barberana y Aparregui is an oil on canvas painting attributed to Velázquez and painted around 1631–1633. It has been in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas since 1981. Vélasquez uses a similar technique to portray the figure's contours and the reflections on the clothing to his portraits of Portrait of Don Diego del Corral y Arellano and his wife Portrait of Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and her son don Luis. However, in this case, he makes the space more neutral by leaving it empty to reinforce the strength of the figure.
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No contemporary documents survive for this full-length portrait. It is first mentioned as a Vélasquez work in 1972 by José López-Rey, who gave it the title A Knight of Calatrava. It was then in a private collection in New York. The only earlier reference to the work shows that it was bought in Europe around 1950. Other art critics supported López-Rey's conclusion and José Gudiol Ricart identified the work's subject as Pedro de Barberana (Briones, 1579- idem 1649), a lord, high treasurer and member of the royal privy council. In October 1630 he joined the Order of Calatrava, whose cross is…
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Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez was a Spanish Baroque painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV of Spain and Portugal, and of the Spanish Golden Age.
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