On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00642
- Author
- Carreño de Miranda, Juan (Spanish)
- Title
- Carlos II
- Chronology
- 1675
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 201 cm x 141 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCIONREAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
The son of Felipe IV (1605-1665)
and Mariana of Austria (1634-1696),
Carlos II (1661-1700) was the last
King of the Hapsburg Dynasty in
Spain. He appears dressed in black,
with the chain of the Golden Fleece
around his neck. This order from
Burgundy, to which he belonged, was
first brought to Spain by Felipe el
Hermoso (1578-1506).
The scene is set at the Hall of
Mirrors at Madrid's former Alcázar
Palace and shows consoles held by
bronze lions now at Madrid's Royal
Palace and in the Prado
Museum.
There are many paintings similar to
the present one, including one
dated 1673, in the Berlin Museum,
and two others at the Prado Museum.
The first, which would have been
the prototype for all the rest, is
almost certainly the one in the
collection of the Museum of Fine
Arts of Asturias in Oviedo. It is
dated 1671.
The present work is listed at
Madrid's Alcázar Palace in 1734,
and at the Buen Retiro Palace in
1794.
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