Alonso Sánchez Coello
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Alonso Sánchez Coello was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance. He is mainly known for his portrait paintings executed in a style which combines the objectivity of the Flemish tradition with the sensuality of Venetian painting. He was court painter to Philip II.
Portrait of King Philip II of Spain, c. 1568. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Infantas Isabella Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela, c. 1575. Museo del Prado, Madrid
Joanna of Portugal, 1557. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Museo de América
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The Museo de América is a Spanish national museum of arts, archaeology and ethnography in Madrid. Its collections cover the whole of the Americas and range from the Paleolithic period to the present day.
Façade of the museum
Gallery arranged to recall the Cabinet of Natural History that preceded the museum
Ceramic vessel representing a crustacean. Moche culture artwork from Peru.
Bronze helmet of a 16th-century Spanish soldier.