Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez

Oil on canvas. Lined. The edges of the original canvas are visible in the current framing. The work is covered by a thick, shiny varnish and a stable web of craquelure that has a minor amount of texture. Additional creases extending around the edges of the frame, which may be resultant from a previous framing. Under UV light, the varnish fluoresces green and obscures the majority of the canvas. There are a few dashes of inpaint to address craquelure visible along the edges and some potential older inpaint along the bottom edge.
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The present composition, dated to the late 17th or early 18th Century, is derived from Velazquez's The Buffoon Don Diego de Acedo, 'El Primo', a full-length portrait in the collection of the Prado, Madrid (inv. num. P01201).