Artist: Diego Velazquez (Velaquez) (Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez) (Spanish, baptized 1599-1660)
Title: Philip IV. of Spain
Medium: Antique Etching on laid paper after the original oil on canvas by master etcher Paul Adolphe Rajon (French, 1843-1888).
Dimensions: Image Size 6 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 15 x 17 inches
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
King Philip IV of Spain (1605 – 1665) was the son of Philip III and Margaret of Austria. His reign saw the decline of Spanish power. He wears the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece on a gold chain Probably painted about 1656, and one of the last portraits Velázquez made of his royal patron.