Reiterbildnis König Philipps' IV. (nach Velázquez)
Hans von Marées (1837-1887)

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.’

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