The Family of the Artist
around 1664/65, Artist: Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo
The Family of the Artist
Mazo was the colleague and son-in-law of Velázquez and his successor as Spanish court painter. The picture offers a glimpse of his studio and shows four children from his marriage to Francisca Velázquez on the left in the foreground; his second wife and her children are to the right. The composition recalls the famous royal family portrait by Velázquez, “Las Meninas” (Museo del Prado, Madrid).
Object data
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Spanish
Dated
around 1664/65
Artist
Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo (um 1612 Beteta/Cuenca ? - 1667 Madrid) - GND
Material
Canvas
Dimensions
149,5 cm x 174,5 cm x 3,8 cm
Framed: 169 cm x 194 cm x 9 cm
Signed
Upper left the coat of arms: arm with a mallet (mazo)
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Inv. No.
Gemäldegalerie, 320
Provenance
1800 acquired; brought to Paris in the course of Napoleon's raid 1809; given to Rosa on 9.9.1815;
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