1308. PORTRAIT OF A MAN.
J. B. Martinez del Mazo (Spanish: 1610-1687).
Juan Bautista Martinez del Mazo, the favourite pupil and the son-in-law of Velazquez, whom he succeeded in 1661 as painter to the Spanish Court. In portraiture Mazo was an imitator of the great master; he also painted hunting pieces and landscapes. His view of Zaragoza, now in the Madrid Gallery, is celebrated.
A very short thick-set figure; possibly a portrait of one of Philip IV.'s court dwarfs.