The Infanta, Felipe II's daughter, is portrayed at the age of thirteen. She stands with a distant and elegant gesture, in three-quarters, which was in keeping with a type of portraiture widely used among court painters at that time. She wears a white and gold dress with lace collar and cuffs, a feather headdress and a great profusion of jewelry, precious stones and pearls. She holds a handkerchief in her left hand, as was customary in female portraits, and rests her right hand on the armchair, a symbol of her high position in the court.

This work shows Sánchez Coello's dependance on the model of court portraiture created by Antonio Moro and also reveals his capacity to render the details of jewels and textiles.

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