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Portrait of the dwarf Don Diego de Acedo, called 'El Primo'
Francisco de Goya, born 1746 - died 1828 - Enlarge image
Portrait of the dwarf Don Diego de Acedo, called 'El Primo'
- Object:
Drawing
- Date:
ca. 1778 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Francisco de Goya, born 1746 - died 1828 (artist)
Velazquez, born 1599 - died 1660 (after, artist) - Materials and Techniques:
Black chalk
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
- Museum number:
CAI.836
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case IONIDES, shelf 5A
This rapidly executed but expressive little sketch is one of the studies which Goya made in preparation for a series of etched copies of portraits by Velazquez in the Spanish royal collection. The prints were published in 1778-9 and were well received by patriotic connoisseurs such as Antonio Ponz who enthused that Goya 'has certainly made known his capacity, intelligence and zeal to serve the nation, and lovers of Velazquez and his paintings must be grateful to him for this . . .'
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