Reiterbildnis König Philipps' IV. (nach Velázquez),

1865

Material / Technology / Carrier

Öl auf Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

126,5 x 91,5 cm

Displayed

Not on display

Department

19. Jahrhundert

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

11508

Acquisition

1865 durch Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack erworben

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen

Citation

Hans von Marées, Reiterbildnis König Philipps' IV. (nach Velázquez), 1865, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qr4Dw73GpE (Last updated on 10.10.2025)

‘It is the finest equestrian portrait I have ever seen’, Marées wrote to Schack in 1865 from Florence. The painting in the Palazzo Pitti is a replica, much reduced in size, of a picture by Velázquez now in the Prado in Madrid. Translating the original into his own pictorial idiom, Marées confirmed Schack’s belief that ‘A copy can be a true and genuine work of art because, if it is good, it is not produced in a mechanical way, but requires considerable artistic force to bring it to life.’