spanishbaroqueart:Anthony van DyckPortraits of Filippo Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Lanzo &
spanishbaroqueart:Anthony van DyckPortraits of Filippo Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Lanzo & Carlo Emanuele d'Este, Marchese di Borgomanero; 1634-35Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Gemäldegalerie, 484 & 485)In November 1634 Filippo Francesco (1621–1653) and Carlo Emmanuele (1622–1695), sons of Sigismondo d'Este, arrived in the Spanish Netherlands as part of the retinue of the newly appointed Governor, Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain. Van Dyck portrayed the Savoian princes in Brussels during his third Antwerp period, 1634-35. Carlo Emmanuele, Marchese di Borgomanero, later became Spanish Ambassador to Vienna from 1681 to 1695. Portraits of King Philip IV of Spain (1623-28), and his brother, the Infante Charles of Austria (1626-27), by Diego Velázquez. The costume worn by the boys, the Spanish courtly attire, is precisely that described by Philip IV’s new law for dress reform published on 11 February 1623. (Source)(Right) Juan Carreño de Miranda, Copy of Van Dyck’s Portrait of Filippo Francesco d'Este, Marchese di Lanzo; c. 1680-1685 (Drawing). Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid (Dib/16/40/4). Carreño saw Van Dyck’s painting in Juan Gaspar Enríquez de Cabrera’s art collection. The X Admiral of Castile had his residence at Prado de Recoletos, Madrid. -- source link