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Portrait of King Philip IV of Spain
Lost Art-ID
409193
Artist
Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y
Birth
(vor) 1599.06.06, Sevilla
Death
1660.08.07, Madrid
Title
Portrait of King Philip IV of Spain
Datierung
1630 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Oil / painted
Height
203.20 cm
Width
101.60 cm
Description
Signiert: Velazquez. Gerahmt. Life size painting of a young man (either the King or a member of his court) in a black silk suit with a wide white round collar standing against a very dark (possibly black) background
Provenance
The painting belonged to the uncle of the original claimant, who fled Vienna in 1939 for France and was deported to Auschwitz in 1941 where he perished. The exact circumstances of the theft are unknown beyond its disappearance some time in March 1938 after the Anschluss.
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