Portrait of Francisco Lezcano

Portrait of Francisco Lezcano, also known as The Nino de Vallecas, is an 1645 portrait by Diego Velazquez of Francisco Lezcano, who died in 1649 and was also known as Lezcanillo or el Vizcaino, a jester at the court of Philip IV of Spain; it has been held in the Prado since 1819. The mountains around Madrid are visible in the background, and the sitter is shown holding playing cards while dressed in hunting attire, since the portrait was likely painted while he was accompanying the king on a hunt. It was produced as part of a series of court-jester portraits for display at the Torre de la Parada, a hunting lodge outside Madrid in the Sierra de Guadarrama, and later moved through the Palacio del Pardo and the Palacio Real in Madrid before acquiring its alternative name in 1794. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/