A Mere Coincidence?

El Bobo,1959, Private Collection.

Picasso's references Velasquez's The Buffoon Calabazas in this painting which depicts a man of limited intelligence, but with a carefree abandon found Velasquez's painting does not have. Velasquez also portrays a woman frying eggs. Picasso paid direct homage when he re-created Velasquez's Las Meninas.