page_title: Juan Francisco Pimentel, 7th Duke of Benavente
hierarchical_section_title: Juan Francisco Pimentel, 7th Duke of Benavente
caption_attribution_description: Español: Retrato del aristócrata español Juan Francisco de Pimentel (1584-1652), X conde y VII duque de Benavente y también conde de Mayorga y de Luna. El retratado aparece de más de medio cuerpo, revestido con una armadura y acompañado por numerosas insignias, como el fajín rojo y la bengala, que demuestran el alto rango que ostentaba en el ejército español, así como el collar de la Orden del Toisón de Oro, de la que era caballero. La mayoría de los autores dan por cierto que Velázquez pintó este retrato, aunque algunos han puesto en duda esa afirmación.
context_page_description: Juan Francisco Pimentel, 7th Duke of Benavente was a fifteenth-century Castilian noble. His title was a Ducal title going back to January 1473 conferred by king Henry IV of Castile, also known as Juan Francisco Alonso Pimentel y Ponce de León, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1648, number 421, 10th Count and 7th Duke of Benavente, 10th Count of Mayorga, 8th Count of Comarca de Luna.
  His mother, María Ponce de León, was a niece of Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, Viceroy of Valencia, 1642–1645, Viceroy of Naples, 1646–1648, a purchaser of Caravaggio paintings while in his Viceroy office in Naples.
context_section_description: Juan Francisco Pimentel, 7th Duke of Benavente was a fifteenth-century Castilian noble. His title was a Ducal title going back to January 1473 conferred by king Henry IV of Castile, also known as Juan Francisco Alonso Pimentel y Ponce de León (1614 – † 1652), a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1648, number 421, 10th Count and 7th Duke of Benavente, 10th Count of Mayorga, 8th Count of Comarca de Luna.
  His mother, María Ponce de León,  was a niece of Rodrigo Ponce de León, 4th Duke of Arcos, (1602–1658), Viceroy of Valencia, 1642–1645,  Viceroy of Naples, 1646–1648, a purchaser of Caravaggio paintings while in his Viceroy office in Naples.
caption: Juan Francisco Pimentel, 7th Duke of Benavente, deceased 1652, by Diego Velázquez, 1648. He is wearing the collar of a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, awarded 1648, number 421,  hence, it was painted by Diego Velázquez before his second trip to purchase paints for King Philip IV in Italy. Oil on canvas. 109 × 88 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain.
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