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    • Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain, probably 1624
    Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
    Oil on canvas

    78 3/4 x 40 1/2 in. (200 x 102.9 cm)
    Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.639)

    This work dates from Velázquez's first years at the Spanish court, and is apparently a portrait of King Philip IV for which the artist signed a receipt on December 4, 1624. Although it has sometimes been regarded as a workshop replica of a lost original, it is more probably a damaged autograph picture. The painting was commissioned by the widow of Don García Pérez de Araciel, one of the king's counsellors. The state of preservation is sound, save for the left side of the sitter's face. The left eye is restored.

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    This work has been published in the Museum's Bulletin or Journal. These articles may or may not represent the most current scholarship.
  • Fahy, Everett. "A History of the Portrait and its Painter [Juan de Pareja by Diego Velazquez]." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 29, no. 10, part 2 (June, 1971).
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  • Philip IV (1605–1665), King of Spain, probably 1624
    Workshop of Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
    Oil on canvas

    78 3/4 x 40 1/2 in. (200 x 102.9 cm)
    Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.639)