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{{Infobox artwork<br />
|title=Francisco Lezcano, el Niño de Vallecas <br />
|image_file=Velázquez - Francisco Lezcano, el Niño de Vallecas (Museo del Prado, 1643-45).jpg|<br />
|image_size=180px<br />
|artist=[[Diego Velázquez]]<br />
|year=1643–1645<br />
|medium=Oil on canvas<br />
|height_metric=106<br />
|width_metric=83<br />
|metric_unit=cm<br />
|imperial_unit=in<br />
|museum=[[Museo del Prado]]<br />
|city=[[Madrid]]<br />
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'''''Portrait of Francisco Lezcano''''' or '''''The "Niño de Vallecas"''''' is the 1645 portrait by [[Diego Velázquez]] of Francisco Lezcano (died 1649), also known as ''Lezcanillo'' or ''el Vizcaíno'', a [[jester]] at the court of [[Philip IV of Spain]]. It has been in the [[Prado]] since 1819.<br />
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The mountains round Madrid can be seen in the right background, whilst the subject holds cards in his hands. The painting is part of a series of paintings of jesters at the court, and this one was possibly painted whilst the subject was accompanying the king on a hunt, since he is shown in hunting attire in the open air. It was produced for display in the [[Torre de la Parada]] (a [[Jagdschloss|hunting lodge]] on the outskirts of [[Madrid]] in the [[Sierra de Guadarrama]] near [[Royal Palace of El Pardo|El Pardo]]).<br />
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On 28 July 1714 it was moved to the [[Palacio del Pardo]], before appearing in 1772 at the home of [[infante]] Javier in the new [[Royal Palace of Madrid|Palacio Real]] in Madrid. In 1794 it was in the "Pieza de Trucos" of the same palace, at which time it gained its alternative name of '''''Niño de Vallecas'''''.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of works by Diego Velázquez]]<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
*''Museo del Prado. Pintura española de los siglos XVI y XVII''. [[Enrique Lafuente Ferrari]]. Aguilar S.A. 1964<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15324coll10/id/63259/rec/2 ''Velázquez ''], exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on this portrait (see index)<br />
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[[Category:Portraits by Diego Velázquez in the Museo del Prado|Lezcano]]<br />
[[Category:Portraits of men|Lezcano]]<br />
[[Category:1645 paintings]]<br />
[[Category:17th-century portraits|Lezcano]]<br />
[[Category:1640s in Spain]]<br />
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