King Philip III of Spain

Artist Cornelis de Vos Flemish, 1584/1585–1651

ArtistRetouched (?) by Peter Paul Rubens Flemish, b. 1577, Siegen Westphalia; d. 1640, Antwerp

Date1635

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsoverall: 94 x 51 in. (238.8 x 129.5 cm)
frame: 107 x 61 1/4 in. (271.8 x 155.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the North Carolina State Art Society (Robert F. Phifer Bequest)

Object number52.9.109

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ProvenanceCommissioned by the city of Antwerp, 1634; created Antwerp, Flanders [present day Belgium], 1635; presented to Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain (1609–1641), Brussels. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722), Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, probably in 1706, definitely by 1718; by descent to John Albert Edward Spencer Churchill (1897–1972), 10th Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace; [Koetser Gallery, London and New York, 1952]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

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