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Philip IV
Felipe IV, King of Spain, on Horseback
Philip IV
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
and: Unknown Spanish
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
and: Unknown Spanish
1778
Medium/Technique
Etching, inscribed with pen and brown ink; working proof
Dimensions
Platemark: 37 x 31 cm (14 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 63 x 44 cm (24 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 63 x 44 cm (24 13/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
1951 Purchase Fund
Accession Number51.1704
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Harris 007, I, 1; Delteil 08: G & W 93
DescriptionWorking proof, before additional etching and engraved inscription, with handwritten inscription (H. I, 1).
On cream laid paper
On cream laid paper
InscriptionsIn pen and brown ink, below image, outside pm: “Felipe IV Rey de España. / Pintura de D.n Diego Velázquez del tamaño del natural en el R.l Palacio de Madrid, dibujada 74 / y grabada por D.n Fran. co de Goya. Pintor. Año de 1778.”
On verso: various later inscriptions and MFA stamp.
On verso: various later inscriptions and MFA stamp.
ProvenanceValentín Carderera y Solano (?), Madrid (1796-1880); Sir William Stirling (later Stirling-Maxwell), Bart of Keir (1818-1878); Brigadier-General Archibald Stirling, of Keir; Colnaghi, London; Purchased by MFA, Boston (Lugt 282), through Philip Hofer, Cambridge, MA (1898-1984); Purchased Sept. 13, 1951.