The Jester Calabacillas

The Jester Calabacillas,
Bobo de Coria
or Juan de Calabazas

Artist	Diego Velázquez
Year	1637–1639
Type	oil on canvas
Dimensions	106.5 cm × 82.5 cm (41.9 in × 32.5 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Jester Calabacillas is a portrait by Velázquez of Don Juan Martín Martín, "Juan de Calabazas" or "El Búfón Calabacillas", a jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain, sometimes known by the nickname Bizco. It is now in the Prado Museum.

Bibliography

• Museo del Prado. Pintura española de los siglos XVI y XVII. Enrique Lafuente Ferrari. Aguilar S.A. 1964

Diego Velázquez (List of works) Genre The Lunch (c. 1617) Old Woman Frying Eggs (c. 1618) The Farmers' Lunch (1618) The Waterseller of Seville (1618-1622) The Kitchen Maid (1620-22) The Needlewoman (c. 1635-43) History The Triumph of Bacchus (1628-29) Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–35) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647-51) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657) Religious Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) San Pablo (1618-20) Adoration of the Magi (1619) Joseph's Tunic (1630) Temptation of St. Thomas (1632) Christ Crucified (1632) Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1641-44) Portraits Jerónima de la Asunción (1620) Don Luis de Góngora (1622) Philip IV in Armour (after 1623) Count-Duke of Olivares (1624) The Infante Don Carlos (1626-27) Maria Anna (1630) Philip IV in Brown and Silver (1630s) Portrait of a Man (c. 1630) Prince Balthasar Charles with a Dwarf (1631) Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis (1634) Count-Duke of Olivares (1635) Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter (1635) Juan Martínez Montañés (1635-36) Pablo de Valladolid (1636–37) Lady with a Fan (1638-39) Philip IV in Fraga (1644) Sebastián de Morra (c. 1645) Francisco Lezcano (1645) Pope Innocent X (1650) Juan de Pareja (1650) Mariana of Austria (1652) Las Meninas (1656) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659) Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain (1659) Prince Philip Prospero (1659) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress (1660) Equestrian Portraits Elisabeth of France (c. 1628-36) Count-Duke of Olivares (1634) Margarita of Austria (1634) Philip III (1634-35) Philip IV (1635-36) Prince Balthasar Charles (1635) Jesters Don John of Austria (1632–1633) Barbarroja (1633) Calabacillas (1637-39) Don Diego de Acedo (1645)