Portrait of Philip IV
Medium
Engraving; copy (undescribed)
Dimensions
Sheet (Trimmed): 16 7/16 × 12 3/16 in. (41.8 × 30.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
Accession Number
51.501.7556
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving, titled *Portrait of Philip IV*, captures the likeness of Felipe IV, the powerful King of Spain who reigned 1621 to 1665. Created around 1650–1700 as an undescribed copy, it likely draws from earlier portraits by renowned Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens, who visited the Spanish court in the 1620s and painted the king during diplomatic exchanges. Philip IV was a lavish patron of the arts, commissioning works from artists like Velázquez to bolster his image amid Spain's turbulent era of wars and colonial expansion. Such royal portraits served as tools of propaganda, projecting st...
About the Artist
Philip IV (Felipe IV), King of Spain|Peter Paul Rubens|Anonymous|Mariette (Spanish|Flemish|Flemish) · 1605 |1603 |1577 –1665 |1658 |1640
Spanish, Valladolid 1605–1665 Madrid|Flemish, Antwerp 1603–1658 Antwerp|Flemish, Siegen 1577–1640 Antwerp