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Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este, one of the
great portraits of the 17th century from one of the most prestigious
regional museums in Italy, will be on view at The Metropolitan Museum of
Art from April 16 through July 14. This special loan, which has never
before traveled to the United States, will also coincide with and
celebrate the May opening of the Metropolitan Museum’s renovated New European Paintings Galleries, 1250–1800.
The painting is temporarily leaving its home during the closure of the
Galleria Estense in Modena due to damages sustained during the severe
earthquake in the Emilia Romagna region in May 2012.
The exhibition, Velázquez’s Portrait of Duke Francesco I d’Este: A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena,
is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in collaboration with
the Soprintendenza per i Beni Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici di
Modena e Reggio Emilia and the Galleria Estense.
Diego Velázquez’s depiction of Francesco I d'Este (1610–58), the Duke of
Modena, is one of the artist’s most distinctive portraits.
Authoritative and sophisticated, the Duke of Modena appears in
Velázquez’s portrait as the quintessential 17th-century ruler and
aristocrat. Painted while the duke was visiting Madrid in 1638 to
secure the support of King Philip IV, the work conveys the duke’s air of
arrogance and sensuality, and is a high watermark in the history of
baroque portraiture, while also illustrating the importance of
Velázquez's portraits to Spanish diplomacy.
The exhibition and its related programs will be featured on the Museum’s website at www.metmuseum.org.
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