Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by King David I. During the 15th century, the abbey guesthouse was developed into a royal residence, and after the Scottish Reformation the Palace of Holyroodhouse was expanded further. The abbey church was used as a parish church until the 17th century, and has been ruined since the 18th century. The remaining walls of the abbey lie adjacent to the palace, at the eastern end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The site of the abbey is protected as a scheduled
Portraits of Philip IV by Velazquez Charles, as well as Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel along with the infantes Carlos and Fernando de Austria, Philip's younger brothers. However, it is the quantity and quality of his paintings of the king himself that make them in particular the most representative of his works. The main version of this very late portrait is in the National Gallery, London. Portraits of Philip IV by Velazquez Philip IV of Spain (1605–1665) was the subject of several paintings of the Baroque period, including those of Peter Paul Rubens, but the most notable painter to portray him was the Seville-born Diego Velázquez