Van Loo; - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 15:13:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Van Loo; - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The family of Philip V https://historylab.es/the-family-of-philip-v/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-family-of-philip-v Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-familia-de-felipe-v/ Van Loo depicted the family of Philip V, the new dynasty in 18th century Spain, in this huge canvas

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]]> Van Loo’s work shows King Philip V with his second wife, Isabella Farnese, who appears in the centre of the composition. Alongside them are his descendants, the future Ferdinand VI (son of his first marriage to Maria Luisa Gabriela of Savoy) and Charles III, accompanied by their wives. Contrasting attitudes can be observed: the exhaustion of Philip V compared to the fullness of Isabella Farnese, the elegance of Fernando VI and the presence of the then King of Naples, Charless III. The work as a whole excludes the psychological depth of the sitters. In addition to its genealogical value, the work is reminiscent of the organisation of Dutch conversation paintings in which the family is shown as a public institution. From an artistic point of view, it marks the evolution of the French school with the apotheosis of the collective portrait and a more developed conception than the earlier paintings by Rigaud, Mignard and Largillerre.

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