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Catalina Micaela. Ca. 1575. Oil on canvas. Room 055. Philip II’s two daughters Isabel Clara Eugenia (1566-1633) and Catalina Micaela (1567-1597), were repeatedly portrayed from the time they were very small by Alonso Sánchez Coello, one of the king’s court painters. Those likenesses had the characteristics of court portraits, reflecting ...
Catherine Michaela of Spain ( Spanish: Catalina Micaela de Austria; 10 October 1567 – 6 November 1597) was Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. She ruled the duchy several times as regent in Charles Emmanuel's absence, notably during his campaign in 1594. [1] She was the younger surviving daughter of Philip II of ...
The Infanta. Catalina Micaela. Ca. 1584. Oil on canvas. Room 055. 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 necklace, worked golden buttons and a belt are her rich jewelry.
Known as Lina in the drama, the character played by Stephanie Levi-John is based on a woman who appears in the records only as ‘Catalina’, a slave and royal bedmaker. An Iberian Moor, Catalina (sometimes also ‘Cattelena’) is known to have arrived in England in 1501 with her royal mistress Catherine of Aragon, whom she served for 26 ...
May 25, 2016 · Catalina Micaela (1567-1597), younger daughter of Philip II of Spain, married Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy, in 1585 and moved to Turin. Philip II sent her with strict instructions on how to run her household. This essay is based on the letters written by one of Catalina’s mayordomos (stewards), Cristóbal de Briceño, who complained that the Spanish royal court’s more formal rules of ...
- Magdalena S. Sanchez
- 2016
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia (1566-1633) and Infanta Catalina Michaela (1567-97): daughters of Philip II of Spain (c. 1527-98) c. 1569-70 Description This almost life-size double-portrait of the daughters of Phillip II of Spain was painted when the Infantas unexpectedly became heirs to the huge Spanish Empire following the sudden deaths of ...
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The sitter in this portrait and the artist who painted her have not been firmly identified. Painted in a formal style traditional of Spanish court portraiture in the sixteenth century, the painting may possibly represent the younger daughter of Philip II of Spain and his third wife, Isabel de Valois, the Infanta Catalina Michaela. In the last two centuries the painting has been attributed to ...
