Philip V and Family. The Family of Felipe V is an oil on canvas painting by the French artist Jean Ranc completed in 1723.
It features depictions of Philip V of Spain and his family. The painting is one of a trio of paintings that bear the same name; the other two are by Louis Michel van Loo and are dated 1738 and 1743.
Ranc was a French painter, mainly active in portraiture. He trained under his father Antoine Ranc and his father's former student Hyacinthe Rigaud.
He served at the courts of both Louis XV of France and Philip V of Spain. He was active at the Spanish court from 1723 and painted King Felipe V as well as his eight surviving children.
Ranc was subsequently replaced by Louis Michel van Loo as court painter and it was he who painted the Spanish royal family in 1738 and 1743. Ranc's 1723 painting of Felipe V of Spain depicts his five eldest surviving children. The king is sat between his two eldest sons, Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias and Infante Fernando by his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy. Felipe V's first wife died in 1714 and he remarried later the same year to Isabel Farnese. His second wife was the mother of the three other children depicted in the painting. Infante Felipe, future Duke of Parma, aged three at the time of the painting is stood between his parents and holds a yellow flower. An oval painting shows Infanta Mariana Victoria, fiancee of Louis XV, who was residing in
It features depictions of Philip V of Spain and his family. The painting is one of a trio of paintings that bear the same name; the other two are by Louis Michel van Loo and are dated 1738 and 1743.
Ranc was a French painter, mainly active in portraiture. He trained under his father Antoine Ranc and his father's former student Hyacinthe Rigaud.
He served at the courts of both Louis XV of France and Philip V of Spain. He was active at the Spanish court from 1723 and painted King Felipe V as well as his eight surviving children.
Ranc was subsequently replaced by Louis Michel van Loo as court painter and it was he who painted the Spanish royal family in 1738 and 1743. Ranc's 1723 painting of Felipe V of Spain depicts his five eldest surviving children. The king is sat between his two eldest sons, Infante Luis, Prince of Asturias and Infante Fernando by his first wife Maria Luisa of Savoy. Felipe V's first wife died in 1714 and he remarried later the same year to Isabel Farnese. His second wife was the mother of the three other children depicted in the painting. Infante Felipe, future Duke of Parma, aged three at the time of the painting is stood between his parents and holds a yellow flower. An oval painting shows Infanta Mariana Victoria, fiancee of Louis XV, who was residing in
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