Why it matters
Philip IV poses in crimson with a military staff, as he entered Lérida after recovering it from France. Velázquez painted him in three sessions in June 1644 in the small town of Fraga, where the court had moved.
Did you know?
- Accounts record the cost of making two windows in the room where the king posed.
- Palomino said it looked 'like another living Philip'.
- The Frick Collection acquired it in 1911.
Based on the Wikipedia article Portrait of Philip IV in Fraga (CC BY-SA 4.0).
