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 - Sammlung Schack München

Citation

Hans von Marées, Reiterbildnis König Philipps' IV. (nach Velázquez), 1865, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Sammlung Schack München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/Qr4Dw73GpE (Last updated on 19.06.2023)

‘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.’