The Family of Philip V (1743)

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The Family of Philip V
ArtistLouis-Michel van Loo
Year1743
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions408 cm × 520 cm (161 in × 200 in)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

The Family of Philip V is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Louis-Michel van Loo, completed in 1743.[1] It features life-sized depictions of Philip V of Spain and his family. The painting depicts the royal family in a fictional room and is in the style of French baroque and rococo art.[1] The painting is one of a trio of paintings which bear the same name and are dated 1723 by Jean Ranc, a smaller 1738 version and the 1743 rendition, which it's the most popular of the versions[2]

Artist

Van Loo was a French artist who was born in

Empress Elizabeth of Russia
.

Description

The painting is today held at the Museo del Prado in Madrid.[1] It is an expression of the strength the House of Bourbon brought to the throne with Philip V's succession in 1700. The king, the central male, sits next to his second wife, Elisabeth Farnese. Farnese's arm next to the crown is a symbolic representation of the power she had.[4] Philip V and Maria Luisa's youngest son, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, heir to the throne at the time the painting was completed, is to the left of his father. The Princess of Asturias, Barbara of Portugal, sits next to Philip V's eldest daughter Maria Anna Victoria of Spain; she had married Barbara's brother as part of a double marriage between Portugal and Spain in 1729.

The central group includes the children of Philip V and Farnese. Between the king and queen is their youngest son the

King of Sardinia in 1750. On the far right is Maria Amalia of Saxony sitting next to her husband Charles, then king of Naples and Sicily and later king of Spain. The couple were in Naples
at the time but returned to Spain at the death of Ferdinand VI in 1759.

The wealth of materials depicted in the painting such as jewels, fabrics and the use of bright colours was previously unseen in paintings in Spain which had been traditionally dark and sombre, and was a reference to the

Flemish school.[4] Partially hidden by the extensive theatrical red curtain that falls from the roof there is a balcony where a band plays a concert. The real characters are in a large room opening onto a garden.[4]

Sitters

Family of Philip V
in 1723
The Family of Philip V in 1738
  1. queen of Portugal
    .
  2. queen of Spain
    .
  3. king of Spain
    .
  4. King Philip V (1683-1746)
  5. Cardinal Infante Louis
    (1727-1785) future count of Chinchón.
  6. Queen Elisabeth (Isabel) (1692-1766)
  7. Infante Philip (1720-1765) future duke of Parma.
  8. duchess of Parma
    .
  9. Infanta Maria Teresa (1726-1746) future dauphine of France
    .
  10. queen of Sardinia
    .
  11. Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724-1760) future queen of Spain.
  12. Charles, King of Naples (1716-1788) future king of Spain.
  13. archduchess of Austria
    .
  14. Maria Isabella Anna of Naples and Sicily (1743-1749) died in infancy.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "La familia de Felipe V". museodelprado.es. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  2. ^ Ragnhild Marie Hatton, Robert Oresko, G. C. Gibbs, Hamish M. Scott. (1997) Royal and republican sovereignty in early modern Europe, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. p. 667
  3. ^ a b c "La familia de Felipe V - Online encyclopedia". museodelprado.es. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
  4. ^ a b c "ArteHistoria, La familia de Felipe V". artehistoria.jcyl.es. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2010-10-20.

External links

Media related to The Family of Philip V (Louis-Michel van Loo - Museo del Prado) at Wikimedia Commons

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