A young Philip IV appears seated on his throne dressed in the attributes of power, flanked by 12 lions holding crowns and sceptres, possibly alluding to Flanders. On the steps is a crowned globe held by an eagle, an allegorical representation of the Spanish Monarchy. At the top is a Latin inscription which, in translation, reads ‘sense of power’. At the bottom is another inscription that translates as ‘knows no occasion’. Thus, the full attribution to the figure of the monarch is completed as ‘The sense of power knows no occasion’.
Collection: Images
Project: 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.
Chronology: XVII
Scope: Secondary education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Image
Format: Intaglio engraving (275 x 193 mm)
Source: Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
Language: Spanish
Date: 1634
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: bdh0000246456
Copyright: Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
Abstract: Engraved portrait of a young Philip IV by Cornelis Galle in 1634
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