Andrés López Polanco with his large
picture of King Philip II showed himself to be a follower-up of sixteenth
century Court portraiture, but he possessed certain characteristic of his own.
First he painted for Juan Hurtado de Valesco, later for the Habsburgs but only
as a copyist. Max Dvořák considered his portraiture a further stage in the
development of Spanish Court art, an immediate pattern for Velázquez.
The figure of the King, given in a vague
architectonic setting, with strong side lighting, is effective as a striking
silhouette, and all interest is focused on the face. It rises out of a white
collar which contrasts with the dark background._-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) |
Andrés López: Philip III;
oil on canvas
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