On his return he painted his first portrait of him at the age of two.

The little prince is dressed in a richly-brocaded frock with a sash tied round his shoulder.

His hair has only just begun to grow, but he has the same look of determination upon his face that we see four years later in the equestrian portrait.

A dwarf about his own height stands a step lower than he does, so as again to give him prominence.

Another picture of Don Balthazar a little older is in the Wallace Collection in London.
Velasquez's power with his brush lay in depicting vividly a scene that he saw; thus in portraiture he was at his best.