Untitled

After “The Jester Don Sebastián de Morra” by Velázquez in the Courtyard of El Escorial

© Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, Figueres, 2017

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

  1. 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

  1. 1984, Ferrara, Palazzo dei Diamanti, I Dalì di Salvador Dalì, 01/07/1984 - 30/09/1984, cat. no. 59
  2. 2015, Figueres, Teatre-Museu Dalí, Què hi ha de nou? Velázquez, 23/05/2015 - 03/05/2016, no reference
  3. 2016, Kyoto, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Salvador Dalí, 01/07/2016 - 04/09/2016, cat. no. 124

Bibliography

  1. I Dalì di Salvador Dalì, Gianni Tassinari, Ferrara, 1984, p. 181
  2. Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret, Salvador Dalí, 1904 -1989, Benedikt Taschen, Köln, 1994, p. 696
  3. Salvador Dalí, Yomiuri Shimbun, Culture Promotion Department, Tokyo, 2016, p. 216 (detal), p. 230

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