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King Philip IV of Spain

The portrait follows the model of a final likeness that Velázquez made of his lord and master, King Philip IV. (Madrid, Prado). A well-known letter written by the king in 1653 and stating that he had not had his portrait taken for nine years, provides a terminus post quem. The painting was sent to the Governor of the Netherlands, Archduke Leopold William, and initially cropped into an oval, and later (circa 1780) reduced into a rectangular shape.

The portrait follows the model of a final likeness that Velázquez made of his lord and master, King Philip IV. (Madrid, Prado). A well-known letter written by the king in 1653 and stating that he had not had his portrait taken for nine years, provides a terminus post quem. The painting was sent to the Governor of the Netherlands, Archduke Leopold William, and initially cropped into an oval, and later (circa 1780) reduced into a rectangular shape.

Workshop:
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (1599 Sevilla - 1660 Madrid) DNB

Time:
1653–1656/59

Object Name
Painting

Culture
Spanish

Material/technology:
Canvas

Dimensions:
zum Oval beschnitten und wieder zum Rechteck ergänzt: cut to an oval and added again to a rectangle: 47 x 37,5 cm, Framed: 68,5 x 59,5 x 10 cm

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie

Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 324

Provenance
Coll. Leopold Wilhelm

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