Year 1635 Created 1635 Period Baroque | Media Oil paint Genre Portrait | |
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Dimensions 67 cm × 54.5 cm (26 in × 21.5 in) Similar Diego Velázquez artwork, Artwork at Hermitage Museum, Baroque artwork | ||
The Portrait of Count-Duke de Olivares is a painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, finished in 1635. It is housed in the Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg.
The picture portrays Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Prime Minister of Spain during the reign of Philip IV. He is portrayed in half bust over a neutral background, the face appearing tired and swollen, markedly aged from the previous, more famous equestrian portrait of Duke de Olivares also by Velázquez. Olivares wears a simple black dress with a white ruff.
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Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares (Hermitage) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA