Category:Portrait of a Cardinal, Probably Don Fernando Niño de Guevara (El Greco - Metropolitan Museum of Art)

**Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara**
	painting by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (MET, 29.100.5)
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Instance of	painting;
Main subject	Fernando Niño de Guevara;
Depicts	Fernando Niño de Guevara and man
Made from material	oil paint; canvas (painting support);
Genre	portrait;
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York City, New York
Creator	El Greco;
Owned by	Louisine Havemeyer (–1929);
Collection	Metropolitan Museum of Art (collection highlight, 1929–); European Paintings (29.100.5);
Inventory number	29.100.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art);
Inception	c. 1600;
Width	108 cm;
Height	171 cm;
Different from	Portrait of Cardinal Don Fernando Niño de Guevara;
Authority file
	Q3784753; VIAF ID: 186421830; Library of Congress authority ID: n98096639; The Met object ID: 436573
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Portrait of a Cardinal, Probably Don Fernando Niño de Guevara (El Greco - Metropolitan Museum of Art)

El Greco: Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara

Artist



Alternative names	Birth name: Domenikos Theotokópoulos Ελληνικά: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος
Description	Italian- painter, sculptor, architect and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	1 October 1541	7 April 1614
Location of birth/death	Heraklion	Toledo
Work location	Toledo, Crete, Venice, Rome
Authority file	: Q301 VIAF: 100215785 ISNI: 000000012283440X ULAN: 500010916 LCCN: n81070611 NLA: 36566544 MusicBrainz: 21277222-fcc3-4b27-ab06-65d4a962a928 WGA: g/greco_el Open Library: OL136428A GND: 118722778 SELIBR: 187807 SUDOC: 028513568 BNF: 12033456h NDL: 00438772 BIBSYS: 14035956 NKC: jn20000700628 SBN: CFIV051697 BNE: XX954012 CiNii: DA03006364 NLP: a0000001221621 KulturNav: 9adfdaef-f989-4a29-8cc8-ccd539d47fd1 RKD: 33505 J9U: 987007261897205171 Koninklijke: 069181985 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa598244/domenico-theotokopoulos NLK: KAC2020R3152 WorldCat

Title

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Fernando Niño de Guevara

Date

circa 1600

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 171 cm (67.3 in)

; width: 108 cm (42.5 in)

Collection

European Paintings
Parent institution	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Website	www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/european-paintings
Authority file	: Q67429134

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Accession number

29.100.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Object history

Provenance:

the sitter's nephew, Pedro Lasso de la Vega Niño y Guzmán, 1st Conde de los Arcos, Señor de Cuerva, Batres y Añover de Tormes (possibly from about 1600–d. 1637;
inv., April 15, 1632, as "Un retrato del Cardl D. Ferdo Niño, arcobispo de Sevilla. Inquisidor genl sentado en silla. [valued] en cien duc[ad]os");
his grandson, Pedro Lasso de la Vega, 2nd Conde de Arcos, 4th Conde de Añover (1637–d. 1699);
his son, Joaquín Lasso de la Vega, Figueroa, Guzmán y Niño, 3rd Conde de los Arcos (1699–d. 1709);
his sister, Francisca Lasso de la Vega, 4th Condesa de los Arcos (1709–d. 1711); Josefa Lasso de la Vega, 5th Condesa de los Arcos (1711–d. 1738);
by descent to Sebastián de Guzmán y Spínola, 5th Marqués de Montealegre, 6th Conde de los Arcos (until d. 1757);
his son, José de Guzmán y Guevara, 6th Marqués de Montealegre (1757–d. 1781);
by descent through the Condes de Oñate to Carlos Luis de Guzmán y de la Cerda, 21st Duque de Nájera (until d. 1880);
his widow, María Josefa de la Cerda, Condessa viuda de Oñate, Oñate Palace, Madrid (until d. 1884;
inv., 1884, no. 747); Carlos Luis's brother, José Raniero de Guzmán y de la Cerda, 16th Conde de Oñate, Oñate Palace 1884–d. 1891);
by descent to Juan de Zavala y de Guzmán, 25th Duque de Nájera, Oñate Palace (1901–4; sold for 200,000 pesetas to Durand-Ruel);
[Durand-Ruel, Paris, 1904; sold for Fr 225,000 to Havemeyer];
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, New York (1904–his d. 1907); Mrs. H. O. (Louisine W.) Havemeyer, New York (1907–d. 1929)

Exhibition history

Madrid. Museo Nacional de Pintura y Escultura. "Exposición de las obras de Domenico Theotocopuli, llamado El Greco," 1902, no. 13 (as Cardinal D. Fernando Niño de Guevara, lent by Sr. Conde de Paredes de Nava).
New York. M. Knoedler & Co. "Loan Exhibition of Paintings by El Greco and Goya," April 2–20, 1912, no. 1.
New York. M. Knoedler & Co. "Loan Exhibition of Paintings by El Greco and Goya," January 1915, no. 2.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The H. O. Havemeyer Collection," March 10–November 2, 1930, no. 67 [2nd ed., 1958, no. 192].
Art Institute of Chicago. "A Century of Progress," June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 170.
Brooklyn Museum. "Exhibition of Spanish Painting," October 4–31, 1935, no. 41.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art Treasures of the Metropolitan," November 7, 1952–September 7, 1953, no. 123.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Masterpieces of Painting in The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 16–November 1, 1970, unnumbered cat. (p. 53).
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Splendid Legacy: The Havemeyer Collection," March 27–June 20, 1993, no. A304.
Madrid. Museo Nacional del Prado. "Felipe II, un monarca y su época: un príncipe del renacimiento," October 13, 1998–January 10, 1999, no. 138.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "El Greco," October 7, 2003–January 11, 2004, no. 80.
London. National Gallery. "El Greco," February 11–May 23, 2004, no. 80.
Toledo. Museo de Santa Cruz. "The Greek of Toledo," March 14–June 14, 2014, no. 27.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "El Greco in New York," November 4, 2014–February 1, 2015, no catalogue.
Paris. Grand Palais. "Greco," October 16, 2019–February 10, 2020, no. 26.
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Making The Met, 1870–2020," August 29, 2020–January 3, 2021, unnumbered cat. (fig. 148).