Portrait of King Ladislaus IV Vasa.

The work was created in 1639 as a commissioned portrait of King Ladislaus IV Vasa, painted by Frans Luycx. It was later acquired by the Bavarian State Painting Collections and entered the Alte Pinakothek, where it remains in the museum's holdings. The painting is executed in oil on canvas and measures 250 cm in width by 160 cm in height.

The Portrait of King Ladislaus IV Vasa by Frans Luycx is held in the Bavarian State Painting Collections and is located at the Alte Pinakothek. The painting, executed in oil on canvas in 1639, measures 160 cm in height by 250 cm in width.

No specific inventory or accession number is recorded in the available sources, nor is any exhibition history documented.

Frans Luycx, a Flemish painter active in the early seventeenth century, executed this oil portrait in 1639. The work presents Władysław IV Vasa, the reigning king of Poland, in a formal pose typical of court portraiture. It now belongs to the collection of the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

The painting exemplifies the cross‑court artistic exchanges of the 1630s, when Flemish artists were frequently employed by Central European courts. Luycx’s focus on members of the Habsburg family extended to allied monarchs, and his portrait of Władysław IV reflects the political alliances and cultural affinities linking Poland and the Holy Roman Empire during the period.