Portrait of Philip IV in Armour

Portrait of Philip IV in Armour

Artist	Diego Velázquez
Year	c. 1623
Type	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	57 cm × 44 cm (22 in × 17 in)
Location	Museo del Prado, Madrid

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

(Spanish) Carrassat, P.F.R., Maestros de la pintura, Spes Editorial, S.L., 2005. ISBN 84-8332-597-7

Diego Velázquez (List of works)

Genre	The Lunch (c. 1617) Old Woman Frying Eggs (c. 1618) The Farmers' Lunch (1618) The Three Musicians (1618) The Waterseller of Seville (1618–1622) The Kitchen Maid (1620–22) The Needlewoman (c. 1635–43)

History	The Triumph of Bacchus (1628–29) Apollo in the Forge of Vulcan (1629) The Surrender of Breda (1634–35) Mars Resting (1640) Rokeby Venus (c. 1647–51) Female Figure (1648) Las Hilanderas (c. 1657)

Religious	Christ in the House of Martha and Mary (1618) San Pablo (1618–20) Adoration of the Magi (1619) Joseph's Tunic (1630) Temptation of St. Thomas (1632) Christ Crucified (1632) Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1641–44)

Portraits	Jerónima de la Asunción (1620) Don Luis de Góngora (1622) Philip IV in Armour (after 1623) Count-Duke of Olivares (1624) The Infante Don Carlos (1626–27) Maria Anna (1630) Philip IV in Brown and Silver (1630s) Portrait of a Man (c. 1630) Prince Balthasar Charles with a Dwarf (1631) Doña Antonia de Ipeñarrieta y Galdós and Her Son Don Luis (1634) Count-Duke of Olivares (1635) Prince Balthasar Charles as a Hunter (1635) Juan Martínez Montañés (1635–36) Pablo de Valladolid (1636–37) Lady with a Fan (1638–39) Philip IV in Fraga (1644) Sebastián de Morra (c. 1645) Francisco Lezcano (1645) Pope Innocent X (1650) Juan de Pareja (1650) Mariana of Austria (1652) Las Meninas (1656) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659) Infanta Maria Theresa of Spain (1659) Prince Philip Prospero (1659) Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Pink Dress (1660)

Equestrian portraits	Elisabeth of France (c. 1628–36) Count-Duke of Olivares (1634) Margarita of Austria (1634) Philip III (1634–35) Philip IV (1635–36) Prince Balthasar Charles (1635)

Jesters	Don John of Austria (1632–1633) Barbarroja (1633) Calabacillas (1637–39) Don Diego de Acedo (1645)

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