Velázquez, 1624 - Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain - fine art print

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Philip is shown wearing a gold chain and the emblem of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Velázquez was paid for this portrait of the king on December 4, 1624. The artist had arrived in Madrid in the summer of 1623 and was made painter to the king that August. Don García Pérez de Araciel, an important person at court, commissioned the portrait, which is an autograph repetition of the official portrait Velázquez painted for the king (now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid). The 1624 receipt for the painting is also in The Met’s collection (for more information, visit metmuseum.org).

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In 1624 the male painter Velázquez created the painting. The 390 year old artpiece was painted with the size: 78 3/4 x 40 1/2 in (200 x 102,9 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the European artist as the medium of the work of art. The piece of art can be viewed in in the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (licensed: public domain). The creditline of the artwork is the following: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has an image ratio of 1 : 2, meaning that the length is 50% shorter than the width.

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