ANÓNIMO

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ANONYMOUS (18th century) "Portrait of a cloaked young man, Teodoro de Ardemans?"

Oil on canvas On the back, in the frame, label from the Board of Seizure, Protection and Salvage of Artistic Treasures with inventory number "15468", provenance "CNT" and collection number "2169"; and cloth label with the number 69. The Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando houses a similar work by Gines Andres de Aguirre (1727-1800) entitled "Portrait of a hooded young man" (no. INV 0524; oil on canvas, 60 x 45 cm), which was traditionally considered a copy of an original by Velazquez, but which the 19th century inventories of the Academy describe as a copy of an original by the Madrid painter and architect Teodoro Ardemans (1661-1726), probably his self-portrait. Dimensions: 56 x 40.5 cm