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Portrait of Philip IV in Armour
The Portrait of Philip IV in Armour is a portrait of Philip IV of Spain by Velázquez now in the Museo del Prado in Madrid. It is one of the artist's most realistic portraits of Philip IV and was one of the first he produced after being made painter to the king in 1623. Its style corresponds to the artist's beginnings in Seville and shows its subject in a sculptural style like a portrait bust, with abrupt colour contrasts.
References.
- Carrassat, P.F.R.
, and perhaps lacking in much of the elegance the master attributes to her.
Provenance and copies.
The painting was noted in a 1700 inventory as a pendant to "Philip IV in Armour with a Loin", now in El Escorial, Madrid, sometimes attributed members of his workshop. Philip's portrait is unfinished, with some sections, including the lion, described as "hardly more than sketched". Velázquez later enlarged Mariana's portrait by extending the area describing the overhanging canvas, probably so that the canvas