Gaspar Bonifaz bajo la óptica de Quevedo

Abstract

espanolLas relaciones personales que Quevedo trabo en la Corte y el modo en que retrato a amigos y conocidos en sus obras no han merecido toda la atencion que debieran. De hecho, apenas tenemos datos de algunas de las figuras relevantes del Madrid de los Austrias que convirtio en personajes de sus textos burlescos. Asi sucede, por ejemplo, con Gaspar Bonifaz, el caballerizo real que llego a ser espia mayor del reino. Con el presente articulo pretendemos contribuir al mejor conocimiento de este destacado hombre del servicio de Felipe IV e intentar determinar las causas por las que Quevedo lo incluyo en tres de sus textos burlescos y el grado de relacion que pudo haber existido entre ambos. EnglishThe personal relationships that Quevedo struck up in the Court of Philip IV and the way that he described their friends and acquaintances in his works have focused less attention of the researchers than they should. In fact, we have scarce information about some relevant figures of the Golden Age Madrid that Quevedo included as characters of his burlesque works. This happens, for instance, with Gaspar Bonifaz, a groom of the royal stable who became the principal spy of the kingdom —el espia mayor del reino—. With the present article, the author tries to contribute to a better knowledge of this servant of His Majesty and we attempt to establish the reasons why Quevedo included him in three of his burlesque works, as well as the relationship that they could have had.