迭戈·德·席尔瓦·委拉斯开兹(Diego Velazquez)高清作品《Portrait of a Gentleman (supposedly Juan Mateos, Philip IV’》

作品名：Portrait of a Gentleman (supposedly Juan Mateos, Philip IV’

艺术家：迭戈·德·席尔瓦·委拉斯开兹

年代：c.1633

风格：巴洛克

类型：肖像

2010年8月，19世纪英国艺术家马修·谢泼森的一些作品被委托在邦汉姆拍卖行拍卖。在这些作品中，有一幅绅士的肖像，它引起了专家们的注意，专家们建议将其从销售中撤出以进一步调查。这位伟大的西班牙大师的作品在文体上的相似性导致了广泛的研究，进一步的技术分析和X光片证实了韦拉兹奎兹的归因。研究人员认为，他第一次去意大利后，画了1632到1635年间的肖像画。保姆是未知的，但专家认为它可能是Juan Mateos，西班牙菲利普IV捕猎大师。直到十九世纪，维拉扎克斯的作品在西班牙以外才有人知道。他的画作大多没有被法国元帅在半岛战争中偷走。马修·谢泼森（Matthew Shepperson）是一名职业艺术家，他模仿白金汉宫的名画，让小公爵夫人上当，如何得到维拉兹克斯（Velzquez）仍然是个谜。他的爱好是收集肖像，这幅画状态极好，所以他可能根本不知道那幅画有多古老。在他的文件中发现了一份七先令的，这可能是他购买了不知名的维尔兹兹肖像。因此，这幅画花了几先令，原定以300英镑出售，现在预计能卖到300万英镑，比原来的估计高出1万倍。据最后一次统计，只有98张被贝拉斯克斯承认的照片存在，只有4张在私人手中。

Title:Portrait of a Gentleman (supposedly Juan Mateos, Philip IV’

artist:Diego Velazquez

Date:c.1633

Style:Baroque

Genre:portrait

In August 2010 a number of works by the nineteenth century British artist, Matthew Shepperson, were consigned for sale at Bonhams Auction House. Among these works was a portrait of a gentleman, which was brought to the attention of experts who advised to withdraw it from sale for further investigation. The stylistic similarities to works by the great Spanish master led to extensive research, further technical analysis and an x-radiograph confirm the attribution to Velázquez. Researchers think he painted the portrait between 1632 and 1635, after his first trip to Italy. The sitter is unknown, but experts think it could be Juan Mateos, master of the hunt for Philip IV of Spain. Until the nineteenth century, little was known outside of Spain of Velázquezs work. His paintings mostly escaped being stolen by the French marshals during the Peninsular War. It remains a mystery how Matthew Shepperson, a jobbing artist who made minor ducats copying famous paintings at Buckingham Palace, got his hands on a Velázquez. He made a hobby of collecting portraits, and the painting is in excellent condition so he probably had no idea it was even as old as it is. An invoice of seven shillings was found in his papers that could refer to his purchase of the unknown Velázquez portrait. And so the painting that was bought for several shillings, and was due to go for sale for ?300 is now expected to fetch up to ?3 million, 10,000 times exceeding the original estimate. By the last count there were ninety-eight acknowledged pictures solely by Velazquez in existence and only four are in private hands.