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Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV

1636: Museo del Prado, Madrid

Painted for the Hall of Realms of the Buen Retiro palace, one of the chief royal residences, this portrait was part of a complex of images designed to celebrate and commemorate Spanish royal authority and conquests.
 
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