The Family of the Artist
around 1664/65 | Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo
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).
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).
Artist:
Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo (um 1612 Beteta/Cuenca ? - 1667 Madrid) DNB
Time:
around 1664/65
Object Name
Painting
Culture
Spanish
Material/technology:
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)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 320
Provenance
1800 acquired; brought to Paris in the course of Napoleon's raid 1809; given to Rosa on 9.9.1815;