Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid [SEP] creator
Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid
Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid is a portrait painted c. 1635 by Diego Velázquez of Pablo or "Pablillos" de Valladolid (1587–1648), a jester and actor at Philip IV's court from 1632 until his death. It is now in the Prado, to which it was moved in 1827.
In 1701 it was at the Palacio del Buen Retiro, in 1772 at the Palacio Real de Madrid and in 1816 at the Academia de San Fernando. In 1865, during his visit to Spain
it was a site for a major architectural and decorative project by King Philip IV of Spain who was a great hunting enthusiast. He commissioned the Spanish architect Juan Gómez de Mora to renovate it in 1636, and had it decorated by leading painters, including Rubens and Velázquez, who contributed some of his "jester" portraits, including "The Jester Don John of Austria", "The Jester Don Diego de Acedo", "Portrait of Francisco Lezcano" and "Portrait of Pablo de Valladolid". His "Aesop"