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Equestrian Portrait of Philip III

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Year
  
1634–1635

Artist
  
Diego Velázquez

Period
  
Baroque

Medium
  
Oil on canvas

Created
  
1635

Genre
  
Portrait

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Dimensions
  
300 cm × 212 (before restoration 314) cm (120 in × 83 in)

Location
  
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Similar
  
Diego Velázquez artwork, Baroque artwork, Portraits

The Equestrian Portrait of Philip III is a portrait of Philip III of Spain on horseback by Diego Velázquez. It was painted in 1634/35 as part of a series of paintings of reigning monarchs, their predecessors and the Princes of Asturias for the Salón de Reinos at the Palacio del Buen Retiro. It is now in the Prado Museum.

Purpose

The equestrian portrait of Philip III was painted for the decoration of the Hall of Realms of the Buen Retiro Palace, along with the equestrian portraits of Velázquez's wife, Queen Margaret, Philip IV, Isabella of France, and Prince Baltasar Carlos.

References

Equestrian Portrait of Philip III Wikipedia