File:Portrait of Philip II of Spain by Sofonisba Anguissola - 002b.jpg

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Summary

Artist



Alternative names	Anguisciola
Description	Italian painter
Date of birth/death	circa 1530/35	November 1625
Location of birth/death	Cremona	Palermo
Work location	Cremona, Genua, Palermo, Madrid
Authority control	WorldCat

Title

Deutsch: Porträt des Philipp II.

Español: Felipe II

Date

circa 1564

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

88 × 72 cm (34.6 × 28.3 in)

Current location

( Inventory) Prado Museum

	Native name	Museo Nacional del Prado
	Location	Madrid
	Coordinates	40° 24′ 49.28″ N, 3° 41′ 32.27″ W
	Established	1819
	Website	museodelprado.es
	Authority control	WorldCat

Object history

This is one of the paintings removed from the Royal Collection and taken to the Napoleonic Museum in Paris. It entered the Prado Museum in 1827.

Notes

English: Wearing his customary black clothing and high hat, with the Order of the Golden Fleece on his chest, the Monarch holds a rosary in his left hand, alluding to the institution of the Rosary Festival by Pope Gregory XIII. This festival was to take place annually on the first Sunday of October to commemorate the victory over the Turks at the battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571 and the triumph of Catholic faith.

This portrait was made while Felipe II was married to his third wife, Isabel de Valois. Sofonisba Anguissola was one of the queen's ladies in waiting as well as her painting teacher.

In 1573, Anguissola changed the placement of the King's hand —it previously touched the Golden Fleece— in order to adapt it to the portrait of his fourth wife, Ana de Austria (P1284), with which it is paired.

References

Reference number P01036.

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