Charles II Before the Sacrament
Artist
Pedro Ruiz González
(Spanish, 1640 - 1706)
Date1683
Object number60.0131
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions91 5/16 × 65 1/2 in. (232 × 166.3 cm)
frame: 104 1/2 × 78 × 2 1/2 in. (265.4 × 198.1 × 6.4 cm)
frame: 104 1/2 × 78 × 2 1/2 in. (265.4 × 198.1 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
On View
Not on viewDescriptionRuiz González depicts Charles II of Spain kneeling before a priest along with several other attendees. The priest is shown holding a monstrance with a consecrated host. The devotion to the Eucharist was a very symbolic representation, constituting one of the central rifts between Catholicism and the Reformation. Made in a time of great political instability, the purpose of this painting was to present Charles II as a devout king in continuity with his Habsburg ancestors.
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