Philip IV, King of Spain







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Philip IV, King of Spain
by Wenceslaus Hollar, after Diego Rodríguez da Silva y Velázquez
etching, 1652
8 3/4 in. x 6 3/8 in. (223 mm x 161 mm) paper size
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
Reference Collection
NPG D17891
Artistsback to top
- Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), Etcher. Artist or producer associated with 540 portraits, Sitter associated with 10 portraits.
- Diego Rodríguez da Silva y Velázquez (1599-1660), Painter. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
Events of 1652back to top
Current affairs
Politician, Sir Henry Vane, the younger, in promoting English liberties on Scotland rather than pursing its annexation, achieves its nominal consent for inclusion to the emerging republican commonwealth.Art and science
Nicholas Culpeper, herbalist and astrologer, publishes The English Physitian. Extensively illustrated, Culpeper book written in the tradition of astrological medicine, lists native medicinal herbs indexed to common diseases.Architect, Inigo Jones dies at Somerset House.
Clergyman, Peter Heylyn, publishes Cosmographie, a comprehensive description of the known world.
International
First Anglo-Dutch war, fought entirely at sea, erupts principally over trade disputes. General at Sea, Robert Blake, leads the navy in the first encounters against the Dutch navy commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp.Oliver Cromwell's Act of Settlement of Ireland imposes death penalties and confiscates land from Irish Catholics.
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