Equestrian portrait of Duke de Olivares

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Equestrian portrait of Count Duke de Olivares

Diego Velázquez, 1634

Oil on canvas

313 × 239 cm

Madrid, Museo del Prado

The Equestrian portrait of Count-Duke de Olivares is a painting by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez, finished in 1634. It is housed in the Museo del Prado of Madrid.

The subject of the picture is Gaspar Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Prime Minister of Spain during the reign of Philip II. He is portrayed riding a horse, a honour generally reserved to monarchs at the time, whil starting to jump diagonally from a hill into the background of the paintings. He wears a plumed headgear and a gilted cuirass, and holds a command baton.