The women from different European royal houses, from Isabella the Catholic to Isabel Clara Eugenia, have played a prominent role in shaping the museum’s collections. To explain who these women were, this documentary delves into the portraits of these queens, regents, and governors displayed in the Prado Museum's permanent collection. These paintings reveal the iconographic solutions and visual strategies employed to construct and promote their public image while simultaneously uncovering the mechanisms of female legitimization in the exercise of power.

Participants

Javier Arnaldo Alcubilla, Prado Museum; Palma Martínez-Burgos García, University of Castilla-La Mancha; Marina Chinchilla Gómez, Prado Museum; Almudena Pérez de Tudela Gabaldón, National Heritage; Leticia Ruiz Gómez, National Heritage; Vanessa de la Cruz Medina, University of Castilla-La Mancha; M. Cruz de Carlos Varona, Autonomous University of Madrid.

Technical datasheet

More information