1936.150.90: Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback, after Velazquez

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1936.150.90

People

Denman Waldo Ross, American (Cincinnati, OH 1853 - 1935 London, England)
After Diego Rodriguez Velázquez, Spanish (1599 - 1660)

Title

Count-Duke of Olivares on Horseback, after Velazquez

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

19th-20th century

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231013

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

95.9 x 71.8 cm (37 3/4 x 28 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on back, on top member of stretcher, graphite: Velasquez, Madrid, [Duke?] Alvarez /Denman W. Ross 24 Craigie St. Cambridge

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Bequest of the artist to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Denman W. Ross, Class of 1875

Accession Year

1936

Object Number

1936.150.90

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Copy after Velazquez's original at the Prado, Madrid, dated c. 1638.

Publication History

• Jonathan Brown, Velázquez, Painter and Courtier, Yale University Press (New Haven, CT and London, England, 1986), plate 146
• Mary Anne Goley, The Influence of Velasquez on Modern Painting: The American Experience, brochure, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Washington, D.C., July 3 - December 1, 2000), p.13, no. 18, ill.

Exhibition History

• Paintings by Old Masters, Winchester Art Association, Winchester, 02/01/1946 - 02/28/1946

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