Tiziano Vecelli - Portrait of Philip II in Armour 1550-1551
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Portrait of Philip II in Armour 1550-1551
193x111cm oil on canvas
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
The image is only being used for informational and educational purposes
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From Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid:
Philip II was Titian’s most important patron, and the pair’s artistic relationship was one of the most fecund of the Renaissance. They met twice while Philip was still a prince, in Milan (December 1548-January 1549) and Augsburg (November 1550-1551), and Titian painted the prince’s portrait on both occasions. On 29 January 1549 Philip paid the painter 1000 escudos for certain portraits he paints at my behest, including his own, which he received on 9 July, after Titian had made replicas for Philip’s aunt, Queen Mary of Hungary, and Antoine Perrenot de Granvela. Titian again painted the prince in Augsburg. On May 16, 1551, Philip wrote to Queen Mary of Hungary: This [letter] accompanies Titian’s portraits... mine in armour is a good likeness, though made with haste, and if there were more time I would have him do it again.