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{{Short description|c. 1645 painting by Diego Velázquez}}
{{Infobox Artwork
|title=The Jester Don Diego de Acedo
|image_file=Velázquez - El bufón don Diego de Acedo, el Primo (Museo del Prado, c. 1644).jpg
|other_language_1=[[Spanish language|Spanish]]
|other_title_1=El bufón don Diego de Acedo, «el Primo»
|artist=[[Diego Velázquez]]
|year=c. 1645
|medium=Oil on canvas
|height_metric=106
|width_metric=83
|metric_unit=cm
|imperial_unit=in
|museum=[[Museo del Prado]]
|city=[[Madrid]]
}}

'''''The Jester Don Diego de Acedo''''' is one of a series of portraits of jesters at the court of [[Philip IV of Spain]] by [[Diego Velázquez]]. Its subject is the dwarf Don Diego de Acedo, known as "el Primo" (the Cousin). The 1645 oil painting is now in the [[Prado Museum]]. The work measures 106 cm high and 83 cm wide.

Velázquez painted a series of portraits of dwarfs and jesters of the court of Philip IV, depicted with realism and respect. The portraits were intended to be displayed in the king's [[Jagdschloss|hunting lodge]], the [[Torre de la Parada]].

Don Diego de Acedo was a figure of fun whose physical deformity provided entertainment for the court. As with another subject, ''[[Portrait of Sebastián de Morra]]'', Velázquez pictured de Acedo's whole body seated on the ground.

Don Diego de Acedo is pictured looking at the observer. Dressed in black, he is reading a book, which is the traditional representation of a [[gentleman]]. The size of the tome in his lap emphasizes the dwarf's smallness. The eyes, high forehead and attitude of the model conveys a sense of his intelligence.

At his feet lie a pile of books with an inkwell and feather. The bottom is possibly unfinished, as a foggy landscape can be seen.<ref name= MM>{{cite book |editor1-link=Lourdes Cirlot |editor1-last=Cirlot |editor1-first=Lourdes |editor2-last=Pou |editor2-first=Anna |title=Museo del Prado: Madrid, Volume 2 |series=Volumes 6-7 of Museos del mundo |year=2007 |isbn=9788467438109 |page=35 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_MFJPwAACAAJ}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of works by Diego Velázquez]]

== References ==
<references/>

Laura Cumming, ''The Vanishing Velasquez'', New York and London: Scribner, 2016, p.p. 88-90

==External links==
*[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 painting (see index)

{{Diego Velázquez}}
{{Museo del Prado}}

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[[Category:Portraits by Diego Velázquez in the Museo del Prado]]
[[Category:1645 paintings]]
[[Category:17th-century portraits]]
[[Category:Portraits of men]]
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[[Category:Books in art]]
[[Category:Clowns in art]]

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