Velázquez left unfinished this portrait to undertake the portrait of“Don juan de Austria”, paired with it. Aside of having served in the court of Felipe IV from 1624 to 1654 and that his involvement with the Royal was occasional as a comedy actor little is known of this jesters. Unlike other buffoons he did not receive salary or a regime of meals . It has been speculated that the name “Juan de Austria” under he was always registered was in fact the actual one and not a nickname, since it was a tradition of both Austrians and Borbons to name their adopted children after people of their family . Given that he was a comedy actor and that the portrait was performed right away, if not at the same time, that the one of Barbarroja, is probably a nickname .
Melania Moscoso, 2009 ©
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This obra by Representations of Disability in Spanish Baroque Portraiture:Velazquez´s jesters is licensed under a Creative Commons Reconocimiento 3.0 Estados Unidos License.
Based on a work at caperucitacoja.blogspot.com.
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