Oil on canvas. In the lower right corner old inventory number 296.
"Dog on a pillow" has traditionally been attributed to Diego Velázquez and thus appears in the inventory of the Marqués de Casa - Torres collection in the chapter of works by Velázquez (1st epoch), with the number 12240. It is described as "Portrait of a dog on a pillow (Cean Bermúdez). Portrait d''''un chien sur un oreiller (Cean Bermudez)" and photographed at Pl 35.
Antonio Ponz , in Viage de España (1776), in the description of the Royal Site of Buen-Retiro, in the hallway next to the room of the Lords Infantes, it says that "by Velázquez there is a dog on a pillow" (volume VI, page 139 ).
Ceán Bermúdez, in his "Historical Dictionary of the Most Illustrious Professors of Fine Arts in Spain" (1800), in the chapter on the works of Velázquez, in Buen Retiro quotes "a dog on a pillow" r
Inscribed in the General Inventory of Movable Property of the Spanish Historical Heritage of the Community of Madrid as attributed to Diego Velázquez, with the code IM-01-0000169-00000.
Bibliography:
- Antonio Ponz, "Viage de Spain, in which news is given of the most appreciable things, and worth knowing, that there are in it" (1776). Volume VI, page 139.
- Ceán Bermúdez, Juan Agustín "Historical dictionary of the most illustrious professors of Fine Arts in Spain" (1800).
Provenance:
- Marqués de Casa Collection - Torres
- By descent to the current owners
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