Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara
c. 1600 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This print
About this work
- Artist
- El Greco (1541–1614)
- Year
- c. 1600
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 170.8 × 108 cm
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Movement
- Renaissance
Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara sits in a high-backed chair in a crimson silk mozzetta and cape over a lace rochet, his left hand gripping the arm of the chair, and looks sideways through round horn-rimmed spectacles; a paper lies on the patterned floor at his feet, and the wall behind is divided between a wooden door and gilded leather. Guevara, made a cardinal in 1596, became Inquisitor General of Spain in 1599, and the portrait was probably painted in the spring of 1600 during a visit of several weeks to Toledo. It may have been commissioned by his nephew Pedro Laso de la Vega, Count of los Arcos, a patron and friend of El Greco. The Metropolitan Museum dates it to about 1600; it came to the museum in 1929 with the H. O. Havemeyer bequest and hangs in New York.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A seated cardinal in rose-crimson silk and spectacles before a dark door and gilded wall, imposing and still, for a study, library or hallway at 16×24 in black. A charcoal, oxblood or warm grey wall; it pairs with Portrait of Pope Innocent X.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (c. 1600)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- burgundy
- Mood
- intimate, sophisticated
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
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About this design
The Madten promise
An exhibition poster
The same artwork as a gallery exhibition poster — title, artist & date typeset beneath the image on a soft ground.
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
