Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catharina, Daughters of Philip II, King of Spain

Alonso Sánchez Coello, 1569

This canvas brings together two of the daughters of Philip II of Spain, the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and the Infanta Catherine Michaela, in a double portrait. It is dated to around 1569-1570 and attributed to the Spanish painter Alonso Sánchez Coello and his workshop, so part of the work was probably carried out by assistants. The sitters are the king's daughters by his third wife, Elizabeth of Valois, which gives the picture a family and dynastic weight typical of court portraits showing members of the royal household. As far as is known, the work offers no compositional or symbolic details that can be described with certainty beyond its character as a double portrait. It is now held in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace, as a witness to court painting in the second half of the sixteenth century.

Painter: Alonso Sánchez Coello
Date: 1569
Medium: oil paint, canvas
Dimensions: 134 × 145 cm
Museum: Royal Collection
Genre: portrait, group portrait
Depicts: Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, Catalina Micaela of Spain

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