Untitled
After “The Jester Don Sebastián de Morra” by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial
Cat. no. P 959
Untitled
After “The Jester Don Sebastián de Morra” by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial
Description
- Date:
- c. 1982
- Technique:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 60 x 73 cm
- Signature:
- Unsigned and undated
- Location:
- Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres. Dalí bequest
Provenance
- Artist's collection
Observations
Although recent studies identify the jester in the portrait by Velázquez as El Primo, we have retained the name Sebastián de Morra, as this was the title by which the work known at the time of its execution.
Exhibitions
- 1984, Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, I Dalì di Salvador Dalì, 01/07/1984 - 30/09/1984, cat. no. 59
- 2015, Figueres, Teatre-Museu Dalí, Què hi ha de nou? Velázquez, 23/05/2015 - 03/05/2016, no reference
- 2016, Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Salvador Dalí, 01/07/2016 - 04/09/2016, cat. no. 124
Bibliography
- I Dalì di Salvador Dalì, Gianni Tassinari, Ferrara, 1984, p. 181
- Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 696
- Salvador Dalí, Yomiuri Shimbun, Culture Promotion Department, Tokyo, 2016, p. 216 (detal), p. 230
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