M0004260: Portrait of Fernando Nino de Guevara (1541-1609)

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Fernando Nino de Guevara

A reproduction of a photograph of a portrait of Fernando Nino de Guevara (1541-1609). He was a Spanish cardinal who was also Archbishop of Seville and Grand Inquisitor of Spain. This photograph is most likely of the oil painting by El Greco from the year 1600 that is now located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

13 August 1935

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

The original oil painting can be found a the Metropolitan Musem of Art under the accession number

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.