Portrait of Philip IV

c. 1632

Workshop of Diego Velázquez
Spanish, 1599-1660

Status: On View, Gallery 239
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Studio of Diego Rodriguez de Velázquez
Title: Portrait of Philip IV
Place: Spain (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1627–1637
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 205.7 × 123.2 cm (81 × 48 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Arma Wyler in memory of Silvain Wyler
Reference Number: 1972.1134
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Private collection, Florence, in the 1940s [a letter from A.S. Ciechanowiecki, Heim Gallery, dated 19 September 1972 stated that it was acquired about 30 years earlier from a Florentine collection and that it was later in a private collection, London (copy in curatorial file); however, the Heim commission book for 1972/73 at the J. Paul Getty Research Center, Los Angeles, lists Bianca Riccio, Rome, as agent for the owner]; Heim Gallery, London, 1972; sold to Mrs. Silvain Wyler, Chicago, 1972; given to the Art Institute, 1972.

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