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DiaporamaPhilip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain
1624
200.0 x 103.0 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art
zacarías gonzález velázquez (1763 – 1834)
Explore the portraits & religious works of Zacarías González Velázquez, a Spanish painter from Madrid’s artistic family. Discover his royal commissions & academic career.
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Velázquez arrived in Madrid in 1623 and was soon named court painter to Philip IV. Formal portraits served as official images that circulated throughout Europe and the Americas; here, a somber simplicity befitting the pious monarch departs from the opulence of earlier Spanish court portraiture. After Velázquez executed a first version of this portrait for the king, today in the Museo del Prado, the courtier Don García Pérez de Araciel paid the artist for this autograph replica on December 4, 1624. Because Velázquez later modified the first version, The Met painting is an important record of that inaugural portrait, which initiated an influential series of images through which Velázquez helped Philip IV forge a calculated condensation of power and piety.
About this artwork
- Title: Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain
- Artist: zacarías gonzález velázquez
- Year: 1624
- Original dimensions: 200.0 x 103.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Color palette: Monochrome
- Perceived brightness: deep_shadow
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