Alfonso XIII

1902. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

This is a portrait of Alfonso XIII (Madrid, 1886–Rome, 1941), King of Spain (1886–1931). On top of his captain-general uniform, he wears the collar of the Golden Fleece, as well as the grand laureate cross and sash of the Order of Saint Ferdinand.

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Inventory number: P008002
Author: Juan Antonio Benlliure y Gil
Title: Alfonso XIII
Date: 1902
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 208 cm; Width: 96.5 cm
Provenance: Transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1931; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 1995–2016
Entry date: 2016

Bibliography +

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 96.

Other inventories +

Inv. Museo Arte Moderno, 1954. Núm. 50.

Inscriptions +

Juan Ant. Benlliure / 1902
Signed and dated. Front, lower left corner

A. XIII / Benlliure
Back

Displayed objects +

Sabre / Saber: Sable con fiador de trencilla dorada (Proyecto catalogación elementos heráldicos y falerísticos, Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía)