Signed with initials and inscribed 'philip iv','velazquez' and '156'
Medium
Pencil with pastel
Dimensions
6 ¾ x 4 ¾
inches
Provenance
Eileen Barber, Great-Great Niece of the Artist
Exhibited
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, (1821-1906). an Exhibition of Watercolours and Pastels, Chris Beetles Ltd, 12 November-18 December 1982, No 33
This is a souvenir of velazquez's philip iv, which was painted about 1653. it entered the spanish royal collection in 1745, and is now in the museo nacional del prado, madrid.