The Jester Barbarroja

El bufón Barbarroja

Artist	Diego Velázquez
Year	1637–1640
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	200 cm × 121.5 cm (79 in × 47.8 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Jester Barbarroja (El bufón Barbarroja) is an oil on canvas portrait by Diego Velázquez of Cristóbal de Castañeda y Pernia, nicknamed Barbarroja in his role as a jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain from 1633 to 1649. The painting is now in the Museo del Prado.^[1] It was in the Palacio del Buen Retiro in Madrid in 1701 and from 1816 to 1827 it was in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

The composition's subject also served Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, for whom he played Barbarroja (Barbarossa) in comic plays. He was later banished from the court, to Seville, by the Duke of Olivares for a reply he gave the king when asked whether there were olives in the Segovian town of Valsaín - to this, the jester punningly replied "Sir, neither olives nor Olivares".

References

↑ "El bufón Barbarroja". Museo Nacional del Prado. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

Bibliography

Museo del Prado. Pintura española de los siglos XVI y XVII. Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. Aguilar S.A. 1964

Velázquez jester portraits

Barbarroja Francisco Lezcano Calabacillas Don Diego de Acedo Don John of Austria Pablo de Valladolid Sebastián de Morra Prince Balthasar Charles with a Dwarf

Diego Velázquez (List of works)

Genre	The Lunch (c. 1617) Old Woman Frying Eggs (c. 1618) The Farmers' Lunch (1618) The Three Musicians (1618) The Waterseller of Seville (1618–1622) The Kitchen Maid (1620–22) The Needlewoman (c. 1635–43)

History	The Triumph of Bacchus (1628–29) Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–35) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–51) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657)

Religious	Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) San Pablo (1618–20) Adoration of the Magi (1619) Joseph's Tunic (1630) Temptation of St. Thomas (1632) Christ Crucified (1632) Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1641–44)

Portraits	Jerónima de la Asunción (1620) Don Luis de Góngora (1622) Philip IV in Armour (after 1623) Count-Duke of Olivares (1624) The Infante Don Carlos (1626–27) Maria Anna (1630) Philip IV in Brown and Silver (1630s) Portrait of a Man (c. 1630) Prince Balthasar Charles with a Dwarf (1631) Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis (1634) Count-Duke of Olivares (1635) Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter (1635) Juan Martínez Montañés (1635–36) Pablo de Valladolid (1636–37) Lady with a Fan (1638–39) Philip IV in Fraga (1644) Sebastián de Morra (c. 1645) Francisco Lezcano (1645) Pope Innocent X (1650) Juan de Pareja (1650) Mariana of Austria (1652) Las Meninas (1656) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659) Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain (1659) Prince Philip Prospero (1659) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress (1660)

Equestrian portraits	Elisabeth of France (c. 1628–36) Count-Duke of Olivares (1634) Margarita of Austria (1634) Philip III (1634–35) Philip IV (1635–36) Prince Balthasar Charles (1635)

Jesters	Don John of Austria (1632–1633) Barbarroja (1633) Calabacillas (1637–39) Don Diego de Acedo (1645)

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