On the diptych’s left door, Mor portrays Alexander Farnese’s mother, who was Charles V’s illegitimate daughter by Juana van der Gheyst. Born in Audenarde in 1521, she died in Ortonna in 1586 after mar [+]
Anthonis Mor established an elegant portrait type in which the sitter gazes steadily out at the viewer, a model that was followed by several other artists. This half-length painting of a standing woma [+]