Click-to-enlarge image can be found here (also has some earlier colorations found elsewhere), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Portrait of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (links show Wikipedia pages, Google translated Spanish 2nd page has more) isn’t, as far as I can tell, shown online by its current-location (Google translated).He was no doubt the best general to sit for the artist; quite possibly the Duke in the opera. The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated Italian Wikipedia page has more) and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level).Ninth, of the 9 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
BE THIS GUY about 10 years ago
The inventor of stickball.
quebradillas about 10 years ago
ABBA has Fernando, in song, in a kinder light.
Superfrog about 10 years ago
Stick with what you know, Duke.
orinoco womble about 10 years ago
Don’t ask him to speak up unless you want him to use that stick!
Superfrog about 10 years ago
Apparently, he speaks softly.
pcolli about 10 years ago
“What do you mean, “armour”? This is body art."
J Short about 10 years ago
Member of the Knights Relay Team. Due to the armor, they always came in last.
Enoki about 10 years ago
“Sticks and stones won’t break my bones… I’m wearing a suit of armor!”
mabrndt Premium Member about 10 years ago
Click-to-enlarge image can be found here (also has some earlier colorations found elsewhere), or at Mr. Melcher’s blog entry.Portrait of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (links show Wikipedia pages, Google translated Spanish 2nd page has more) isn’t, as far as I can tell, shown online by its current-location (Google translated).He was no doubt the best general to sit for the artist; quite possibly the Duke in the opera. The artist’s Wikipedia page (Google translated Italian Wikipedia page has more) and collection (many more under Subcategories at each level).Ninth, of the 9 works, by this artist, that have, so far, appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog, to also appear here.
jack fairbanks about 10 years ago
“The morning flog may chill the air, I don’t care”~ (Kafka moves to ’Frisco and morphs into a gay cockroach)
Fuddy Duddy about 10 years ago
The toughest dude in Ohio.
StCleve72 about 10 years ago
Teddy Roosevelt’s inspiration?
orinoco womble about 10 years ago
Gold inlaid armour is soo nouveau riche…but nobody dared smirk at the Duke!
Longplay Premium Member about 10 years ago
The artist told Fernando he would paint the stick as a sword, and then he got busy with other stuff and forgot.
cheap_day_return about 10 years ago
Boy! Ah’m gonna whip a knot on yo’ haid!
mabrndt Premium Member almost 10 years ago
Here is another work by this artist.