Infante Don Baltazar Carlos

portrait

Mazo, one of the true followers of Velázquez, is credited with a number of works formerly attributed to his master (and his father-in-law). This portrait represent the son of King Philip IV. The influence of Velázquez is very strong both in the composition and in the landscape background.

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About the Artist

Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo

1610 – 1667

Spanish painter. He was a pupil of Velázquez, married his daughter in 1633, and succeeded him as court painter in 1661. Among his very few signed works is a portrait of Queen Mariana (National Gallery, London, 1666), and many of the works attributed to him were formerly given to Velázquez, whose mature style he imitated with great assurance.

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