'Retrato del bufon Don Juan De Austria', (The Jester Don John of Austria), 1632, (c1934). Artist: Diego Velasquez.

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'Retrato del bufon Don Juan De Austria', (The Jester Don John of Austria), 1632, (c1934). A jester or bufon at the court of Philip IV of Spain from 1624 to 1654 who appeared in court comedies in front of important court figures, shown dressed in a general's cloak and black doublet, surrounded by abandoned helmets, armour and weapons, and with a fragment of a battle-scene of Lepanto in the on canvas. Held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. From Galerias De Europa: Museo Del Prado, by A. De Beruete y Moret & Augusto L. Mayer. [Editorial Labor, , Barcelona, c1934]

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