(details from "Felipe IV of Spain (1605-1665)") (see related A), 1632 Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (1599-1660) Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

This portrait illustrates the "Habsburg Facies Syndrome" (H+ in our postings) - the signs signaling such view are based on the concurrence of growth alterations (mostly post-natal) of the jaw (emphasized in medical sources as the "Habsburg Jaw" mutation), dorsal nasal cartilage overgrowth, and less dramatically the eyelids (anti-mongoloid slant, ectropion). Most provocative is that a very similar perspective of this face was painted 30 years later and it demonstrated a progression of these alterations (please see related). Please also note a related root page inclusive of links to most other portraits of Habsburg family members.