# Portrait of a Man

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## Artwork

- Artist: [VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/velazquez-diego-rodriguez-de-silva-y-r4f5af220b7c882>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 76 x 64,5 cm

## Commentary

Portrait of a Man c. 1649 Oil on canvas, 76 x 64,5 cm Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London Alonso Cano and Velázquez were good friends from their days as students in Seville. Even they worked together restoring the Venetian paintings of the king damaged by fire. It is supposed that the sitter of this painting is Alonso Cano, however, there is no documentary evidence of it.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)