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The sitter was a great patron, collector and friend of Poussin. He is painted in his habit as a cameriere segreto (private chamberlain) of Pope Innocent X, who appointed him in 1646 during Velázquez’s second visit to Italy (1649–1650). Not only is such dress unusual in a portrait, but Velázquez has used ultramarine (ground lapis lazuli), something that was virtually never done in Spain.

The painting was sold by the Cardinal's heirs, and was then in the collection of Don Gaspar de Haro, Marquès del Carpio, whilst he was in Italy (1682–1687). It was bought by William Bankes (1786–1855) in 1820 from the Marescalchi collection in Bologna, and is the ﬁnest of his Spanish pictures.

National Trust, Kingston Lacy

Wimborne Minster

Title

Cardinal Camillo Massimi (1620–1677)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76 x W 61 cm

Accession number

1257142

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Ralph Bankes, 1981

Work type

Painting

National Trust, Kingston Lacy

Wimborne Minster, Dorset BH21 4EA England

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Artist or maker

Diego Velázquez

1599–1660

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