# Balthasar Velasquez — Gil Blas character guide

> Balthasar Velasquez in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Señor Balthasar Velasquez, Velasquez, Señor Velasquez, young Velasquez, old Velasquez

**First appearance:** 0049-v

## Who they are

A painter and friend of Gil Blas, known for his artistic temper.

## In the story

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xi)

The old woollen-draper, simple and trusting, who confides in Scipio about his son's misdeeds.

### [Conclusion of Scipio's story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xii)

Scipio's former master, a draper, who releases him to Don Manriquez.

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