Resumen de Velázquez's Philip IV in the Metropolitan Museum
The article discusses the conservation of the 1624 portrait painting "Philip IV (1605-1665), King of Spain," by Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The author discusses Velázquez's position as court painter to Philip IV and compares the painting to other portraits by Velázquez. The author traces the conservation of the painting from its donation to the Metropolitan Museum in 1914 and describes the conservation process, including X-radiography, removal of varnishes and overpainting, and restorative retouching. Other topics include flake losses to the painting and Velázquez's other portraits of Philip IV, including those at the Meadows Museum in Texas, the Museo Nacional del Prado in Spain, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Massachusetts.
