Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (Seville 1599 – Madrid 1660). Philipp IV of Spain. Half-length portrait to the right of the youthful king with the Order of the Golden Fleece. Steel engraving by William French (c. 1815 – East Grinstead 1898). 3^rd quarter of the 19^th century. Inscribed: Belvedere / Velasquez pt. / W. French sc., otherwise in German as before. 15.2 x 11.4 cm.

Under Philipp IV (1605-1665, accession to the throne 1621, “the bull-fights reached the culmination of their splendour” (Meyer’s Konversations-Lexikon, 4^th ed., XV, 322 f.).
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