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    This spectacular portrait of a servant was actually painted as a preparatory exercise before the artist started work on a papal commission. Widely admired by other artists shortly after its completion, it was purchased, centuries later, by a major museum for a then-record price. What is it, and can you provide an illustration?

    Question #75913. Asked by lanfranco. (Feb 15 07 5:53 PM)


    peasypod

    		This must be Diego Velázquez's 'Portrait of Juan de Pareja', painted before he started the official portrait of Pope Innocent X.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art paid about 5 and a half million for it in 1971.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Pareja

    Feb 15 07, 8:42 PM
    lanfranco

    		That's the one, peasy -- one of the world's all-time great portraits. The portrait of Innocent is rather a treasure, too.

    Back to silver maces, now -- a large and elegantly baroque one to you.

    Feb 15 07, 8:48 PM
    DukeDawson

    		Is it true that this 'Portrait of Juan de Pareja', may fetch a whopping $55,000,000 in today's market?

    Feb 16 07, 4:45 AM
    lanfranco

    		Almost certainly. In fact, it could probably do even better than that.

    Feb 16 07, 7:28 AM

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