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This portrait is a full-length likeness of Philip II’s third wife, Queen Isabel de Valois. She wears a black gown with pointed sleeves and a long train that is curled around her body and billows at th [+]
Sofonisba Anguissola arrived in Spain in 1559 to serve as a lady-in-waiting to Philip II’s third wife, Elizabeth of Valois (1546-1568). A renowned painter in her native Cremona, she held no official p [+]
Portrayed in more than half-length, Catalina Micaela (1567-1597) wears an entirely black dress with lace collar and cuffs, inner sleeves of golden white and white ribbons. A double string of pearls, a [+]
This portrait signed by Lucia Anguissola is acknowledged as the most important of the few works produced by Sofonisba’s younger sister. In keeping with Lombard painting of the period, she depicts this [+]
Though she drew on models characteristic of Spanish court portraiture, the soft modelling, diffuse lighting and subtle brushwork are distinctive features of Sofonisba’s own style, and of the Lombard p [+]
The identification of this elderly gentleman sitting at a desk in his study is borne out by the inscription on the fore edge of the book he is writing in, which displays the words "rime del casellio". [+]
Tras la muerte de Felipe II la corte quedó sumida en el luto, y así se hizo retratar su hija Isabel Clara Eugenia en esta obra. Viste saya negra de la que asoman manguillas de raso blanco con bordadur [+]
Retrato de busto sobre pedestal original de jaspe en el que el monarca aparece representado en su madurez, con barba, bigote y amplias entradas en la frente, vistiendo cuello con gorguera. Perteneció [+]
