Felipe IV; Fraga; Velázquez; Jornada de Aragón; Barroco; toisón; bastón de mando; Lérida; siglo XVII; Frick Gallery; New York - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:19:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Felipe IV; Fraga; Velázquez; Jornada de Aragón; Barroco; toisón; bastón de mando; Lérida; siglo XVII; Frick Gallery; New York - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Philip IV in Fraga https://historylab.es/philip-iv-in-fraga/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=philip-iv-in-fraga Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/felipe-iv-en-fraga/ Portrait of Philip IV painted by Velázquez on the Catalan front in 1644

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]]> Philip IV went to the front for the first time on the so-called Day of Aragon to encourage his troops in the coming battle against the French. Velázquez was included in his entourage, but not as a painter but as an honorary valet. A few days after the capture of Lérida, Philip IV had his portrait painted by the Sevillian master. The work shows the attributes befitting a monarch: the baton of command in his right hand accompanied by the gold fleece. This painting was hastily executed in 1644 in order to be sent to Madrid as quickly as possible. In turn, on 10 August 1644, the Catalan colony in Madrid requested the canvas to be exhibited under a richly embroidered canopy in the church of San Martín in Madrid.

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