King Philip IV in Navalcarnero

Ca. 1884. Oil on canvas.
Not on display

This is a preparatory sketch for the painting commissioned in 1880 by the Navalcarnero Town Council, which is currently unaccounted for. It was included in the 1884 National Exhibition of Fine Arts (no. 569). The catalogue of the exhibition contains the following passage: ‘On the arrival of the King on the occasion of his wedding to doña Mariana of Austria in the aforementioned town, where he was married, the council and clergy came out to receive him and pay him homage amidst the enthusiastic acclamations of the people (sketch of the painting intended for the town hall of the aforementioned town)’.

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Inventory number: P005714
Author: Antonio Pérez Rubio
Title: King Philip IV in Navalcarnero
Date: Ca. 1884
Technique: Oil
Support: Canvas
Dimension: Height: 45 cm; Width: 60 cm
Provenance: Acquired from the artist, 1884; Museo del Prado, 1884-1896; Museo de Arte Moderno, 1896-1971
Entry date: 1971

Bibliography +

Museo Nacional del Prado, Museo del Prado: inventario general de pinturas. Nuevas Adquisiciones. Museo Iconográfico. Tapices, III, Museo del Prado, Espasa Calpe, Madrid, 1996, pp. nº622.

Díez, José Luis (dir.), Pintura del Siglo XIX en el Museo del Prado: catálogo general, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 2015, pp. 463-464.

Juberías Gracia, Guillermo, Aproximación a la trayectoria de Antonio Pérez Rubio (1822-1888)' Siempre Goya y siempre don Diego', Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXXIX, 2023, pp. 66-80 [74].

Other inventories +

Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 622.
Autor = D. Antonio P. Rubio/ 622. Un cuadro titulado 'el rey d. Felipe iv, en navalcarnero'. / Alto 0,45 anº 0,60n/ Adquirido en 750 pesetas./ Adquirido r.l o. Fecha 20 junio de 1884. /Exposicion 1884".

Registros-Inventarios Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, 1900-1936. Núm. 24-P.