On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P02188
- Author
- Mengs, Anton Rafael (German)
- Title
- Carlos IV, Prince of Asturias
- Chronology
- Ca. 1765
- Technique
- Óleo
- Support
- Lienzo
- Measures
- 152,5 cm x 111 cm
- School
- Alemana
- Theme
- Retrato
- On display
- Yes
- Procedence
- Colección Real (Palacio Nuevo, Madrid, trascuartos de la Reina, 1794, [s. n.])
Carlos IV was portrayed by Mengs when he was still Prince of Asturias. In this three-quarters representation that reaches his knees, he wears a grey frock coat and high black boots. He carries a shotgun in his left hand and is accompanied by a hunting dog. He bears sashes of the Orders of Saint-Esprit and San Genaro, as well as the insignia of the Golden Fleece. He was born to Carlos III and Mar
