On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P01185
- Author
- Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (Spanish)
- Title
- Felipe IV in Hunting Garb
- Chronology
- Ca. 1653
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 69 cm x 56 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This bust portrait of Felipe IV on
a dark background shows him wearing
black clothing and a white ruff
collar, which brings out the
monarch's face.
Velasquez eschews the ostentation
present in other portraits of the
kings and offers a very close
image, reflecting the king's most
human condition without courtly
artifice. The meticulous rendering
of the facial features and the
summary depiction of the suit stand
out in this portrait that reveals
Velasquez's capacity to capture the
sitter's state of mind: the fatigue
and melancholy of the last years of
Felipe IV's reign.
It appeared in the collection of
the Duke of el Arco in 1745 and
became a part of the Royal
Collection at that time.
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