On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00411
- Author
- Titian [Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano] (Italian)
- Title
- Felipe II
- Chronology
- 1550 - 1551
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 193 cm x 111 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
A full-length portrait of Felipe II
(1556-1598) when he was still a
prince, painted by Titian in
Augsburg between November 1550 and
March 1551. This was very little
time for the artist, and the
outcome did not please his subject,
as he wrote on 16 May when he sent
it to Maria of Hungary.
This composition places special
emphasis on the symbols of the
Prince's dignity, such as the
column, buffet and armor.
The King's armor is at the Royal
Armory of Madrid's Royal
Palace.
This work was listed in all of the
Alcázar Palace's inventories from
1600 on, and Reubens copied it
there in 1628. It entered the Prado
Museum collection in 1827.
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