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It was interesting to see that Velazquez painting of King Philip of Spain. A head and shoulders of that same pose is currently on display in the Seattle Art Museum.
Velazquez painted a great many portraits of King Philip, all of which have virtually the same face and lighting. Apparently the one now hanging in Seattle is the only one the king actually sat for.
Velazquez kept the head and shoulders portrait which he did from life in his own studio and used it as reference for all the other King Philip portraits he painted later, including the one now in Sarasota.
Guess that's one way to get things done, in the era way before Nikon D70's!
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Frankly, my impression of that painting was WOW, except for the head, which seemed like it belonged somewhere else. Not unlike Marie Antoinette, who's head actually ended up somewhere else.
After reading your explanation, I can more understand my reaction.
Here are a few more images, I don't recall the author of the last image.
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