The Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV was a portrait of Philip IV of Spain on horseback, painted by Diego Velázquez in 1635–36 as part of a series of equestrian portraits for the Hall of Realms, originally a wing of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid (a series that also included that of Philip's son prince Balthasar Charles).

Equestrian portraits frequently used their iconographic and compositional resources to create images in which the idea of command is transmitted through violence, movement and energy. Here, however, Velázquez emphasizes the tranquility of power.

2011年7月8日 · The Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV was a portrait of Philip IV of Spain on horseback, painted by Velázquez in 1635-36 as part of a series of equestrian portraits for the Salón de Reinos at the palacio del Buen Retiro in Madrid (a series that also included that of Philip's son prince Balthasar Charles).

The artwork “Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV” was masterfully created by Diego Velázquez between the years 1634 and 1635. It is an oil painting on canvas, notable for its impressive dimensions of 314 by 301 centimeters.

While Velázquez uses a more restrained pictorial rhetoric than Rubens, his royal horseman is livelier and more elegant than the subject in another famous painting - Titian's Equestrian Portrait of Charles V The pure profile emphasizes the fine outline of man and beast, and contrasts the rising movement of the horse with the falling slope of an ...

Velázquez was paid for this noble portrait of King Philip IV of Spain on December 4, 1624. Velázquez had arrived in Madrid in the summer of 1623 and was made painter to the king that August.

2016年4月4日 · Equestrian portraits frequently used their iconographic and compositional resources to create images in which the idea of command is transmitted through violence, movement and energy. Here, however, Velázquez emphasizes the tranquility of power.

The Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV was a portrait of Philip IV of Spain on horseback, painted by Velázquez in 1635-36 as part of a series of equestrian portraits for the Salón de Reinos at the palacio del Buen Retiro in Madrid (a series that also included that …

The Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV was a portrait of Philip IV of Spain on horseback, painted by Velázquez in 1635-36 as part of a series of equestrian portraits for the Hall of Realms, originally a wing of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid.

The Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV was a portrait of Philip IV of Spain on horseback, painted by Diego Velázquez in 1635-36 as part of a series of equestrian portraits for the Hall of Realms, originally a wing of the Buen Retiro Palace in Madrid (a series that also included that of Philip's son prince Balthasar Charles).