The Portrait of a Commander in the Spanish Army is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It was painted in 1646. It is one of her earliest known portraits, though the maturity of the execution of the painting implies this is not her first painting. It now hangs in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels, having been in the royal collection since 1812.[1][2]
| Portrait of a Commander in the Spanish Army | |
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| Artist | Michaelina Wautier |
| Year | 1646 |
| Subject | Don Antonio Pimentel de Prado |
| Location | Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels |
| 50°50′30.048″N 04°21′29.657″E / 50.84168000°N 4.35823806°E | |
The sitter is Don Antonio Pimentel de Prado. He wears a sash known as a bandi carmesi, used at the time by military figures to indicate their senior position. The use of the colour pink was reserved for the Spanish army, hence the attribution of the sitter as a commander in the Spanish army.[3]
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edit- ^ "Œuvre " Portrait d'homme " – Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". www.fine-arts-museum.be (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-20.
- ^ Katlijne van der Stighelen; Gerlinde Gruber; Martha C. Howell; Jahel Sanzsalazar; Francesca Del Torre Scheuch; Ben van Beneden & Martine Van Elk (2018). Michaelina Wautier 1604–1689: Glorifying a Forgotten Talent (print book). Kontich, Antwerp, Belgium: BAI Publishers. ISBN 9789085867630. OCLC 1031438767 – via WorldCat.
- ^ Sanzsalazar, Jahel (April 2018). "Michaelina Wautier and the Spanish envoy / Michaelina Wautier y el enviado español". Tendencias del Mercado del Arte: 88–91.
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