In 1604 in his biography of Mor, Karel van Mander referred to the artist’s trip to London in 1554, where he was sent on the orders of Charles V to paint Mary Tudor (1516–1558), and to the success of t [+]
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 [+]
Philip II, the son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, was born in 1527. He married four times, and was king of Spain from 1556 until his death in 1598. This small painting was a study for a portra [+]