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Felipe III, King of Spain, on Horseback


Phillip III, King of Spain
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828)
After: Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660)
After: Unknown Spanish
1778

Medium/Technique Etching and drypoint, with engraved inscription; completed plate, on moderately heavy cream laid paper
Dimensions Platemark: 37 x 31 cm (14 9/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 50.5 x 40.3 cm (19 7/8 x 15 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wheelwright
Accession NumberM23320
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Harris 005, III, 2; Delteil 06
DescriptionCompleted plate, 19th century printing, with second etching, drypoint, and engraved letters, before bevel (H. III, 2 "second edition"?).
Marks MFA stamp verso, Lugt 282
InscriptionsEngraved below image: “FELIPE III, REY DE ESPANA / Pintura de D. Diego Velázquez, del tamaño del natural, en el R.l Palacio de Madrid, dibujada y grabada por D. Fran.co Goya, Pintur año de 1778”

ProvenanceEdward Wheelwright (1824-1900); 1900 by inheritance to his wife, Mrs. Edward Wheelwright (Isaphene Moore Luyster Wheelwright) (died c. 1908); 1913, bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelright to the MFA, April 3, 1913