Portrait of King Philip IV of Spain

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Carol Vogel, Restored, Then Reconsidered, a Met Velázquez Is Vindicated.
New York Times, Dec. 21, 2010 (title in the  print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/21/arts/design/21velazquez.html?scp=2&sq=vogel%20philip%20&st=cse

Note:
(a) Philip IV of Spain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_IV_of_Spain
(Spanish: Felipe IV; 1605-1665; reign 1621-1665; remembered for his patronage of the arts, including such artists as Diego Velázquez; On the eve of his death in 1665, the Spanish empire had reached its seventeenth century territorial zenith, spanning a then unheard of 12,200,000 km²)
(b) Diego Velázquez
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez
(1599-1660; important as a portrait artist)
(c) restitution (; Latin restituere to restore, from re- + statuere to set up — more at STATUTE):
"1: an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: as
a : a restoration of something to its rightful owner
b : a making good of or giving an equivalent for some injury"
www.m-w.com

(d) Carol Vogel, An Old Spanish Master Emerges From Grime. New York Times, Sept. 10, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/arts/design/10velazquez.html?_r=1
(the painting "Portrait of a Man)
(e) ruff (clothing)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_(clothing)

* ruffle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruffle
(In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming)
(f) From here onward, the report keeps mentioning an X-ray image. The print editin has it.

At first glance, the online version does not. However, clicking the "Multimedia[:] Interactive Feature" and reach the new page.

There click the button "2. WORK OF THE MASTER"  in the top horizontal bar, and three similar portraits appear. By clicking the one on the right ("MADRID") and the X-ray imagery appears.

(g) Museo del Prado
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_del_Prado
(in Madrid; based on the former Spanish Royal Collection; El Prado is one of the most visited sites in the world, and it is considered to be among the greatest museums of art; established 1819)

Quote: "The prado ('meadow' in Spanish) that was where the museum now stands gave its name to the area, the Salón del Prado (later Paseo del Prado), and to the museum itself upon nationalisation.

(h) Diego Velázquez, Portrait of King Philip IV. Meadows Museum (Dallas).
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Retrato_de_Felipe_IV,_by_Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez.jpg

* Museum History. Meadows Museum.
http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/history.htm

Quote:

"The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain. With works dating from the 10th to the 21st century

"During business trips to Spain in the 1950s, Texas philanthropist and oil financier Algur H. Meadows spent many hours at the Prado Museum in Madrid. The Prado’s spectacular collection of Spanish masterpieces inspired Meadows to begin his own collection of Spanish art. In 1962, through The Meadows Foundation, he gave SMU funds for the construction and endowment of a museum to house his Spanish collection. The Meadows Museum opened in 1965 as part of a new arts center at SMU.

* The Meadows Museum: A hidden treasure on the SMU campus.
http://www.hellodallas.com/Articles/Attraction/5251/The_Meadows_Museum_A_hidden_treasure_on_the_SMU_campus.Cfm


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