Philip IV
Diego Velázquez, 1623
For now, just to look at
The photograph we have of this work is not sharp enough to print at the quality we want, so we are not selling it for now. We are looking for a better one.
About the work
- Artist
- Diego Velázquez
- Date
- 1623
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 198 x 101,5 cm
- Collection
- Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
- Reference
- XDV-0982
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Beneath the visible layer of paint, X-rays reveal an earlier 1623 portrait, which Velázquez completely repainted over the same canvas around 1628.
