Under the direction of Cecilia De Torres

Assisted by Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti

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Classification: Painting

Medium: Oil

Support: On cardboard

Year: 1940

1940.40

Cabeza del pintor Velázquez

1940

Oil on cardboard

20 1/2 x 13 3/16 in. (52 x 33.5 cm)

Signed upper left: JT.G; dated upper right: 40

Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo (no. 1560)

Provenance

Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo

Exhibitions

1942 Galería Müller

Galería Müller, Buenos Aires, Exposición J. Torres García, September 1942, no. 9? May be other Velázquez painting (1939.36).

1974 Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas

Museo Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Torres-García, July 1974, no. 105, ill.

Published References

Carbajal 1992

Carbajal, MIguel. "Joaquín Torres-García establece distancias." In La Influencia Española en las Artes Visuales del Uruguay. Montevideo: Galería Latina, July 1992, ill.

Supplemental Images

Cabeza del pintor Velázquez, 1940 (1940.40). Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, "Self-Portrait," c. 1643, oil on canvas, 27 ½ x 23 in. (70 x 58 cm), Location: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, "Self-Portrait," c. 1643, oil on canvas, 27 ½ x 23 in. (70 x 58 cm), Location: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Record last updated August 12, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.

Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Cabeza del pintor Velázquez, 1940 (1940.40)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1709 (accessed on August 2, 2025).