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Summary

Alonso Sánchez Coello: Philip II in Armour

Artist



Alternative names	Alonso Sanchez-Coello, Alonso Coello, Alonzo Sánchez Galván y Coello, Alonzo Sanchez Coello, Alonso Sanchez, Alonso Sanchez Coello, Sanchez Coello, Alonzo Sanchez-Coello, Alonsso Sanchez, Alonzo Sánchez Coello, Sánchez Coello, Alonso Sánches Coëllo
Description	painter
Date of birth/death	1531	8 August 1588
Location of birth/death	Benifairó de les Valls	Madrid
Authority file	: Q503386 VIAF: 32268700 ISNI: 0000000116163611 ULAN: 500001577 LCCN: nr91023841 MusicBrainz: 3e862e81-853c-4f1f-98bc-171c6bd6d57b WorldCat

Title

Philip II of Spain in Armour

Object type

painting

Genre

portrait

Depicted people

Philip II of Spain

Date

circa 1570

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 1,095 cm (11.9 yd); width: 924 cm (10.1 yd)

Collection

Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries (PC159)

Accession number

PC.159 (Pollok House)

Notes

Philip is wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece and dressed in black armour similar to that made for him by Desiderius Colman of Augsburg, with gold damask work by Jorg Sigman, now in the Real Armería de Madrid. Sánchez Coello was a pupil of Antonis Mor (1517–74) and a favourite painter of Philip (Rodríguez-Salgado, p. 90).

References

Source/Photographer

M. J. Rodríguez-Salgado, Armada: 1599–1988, London: Penguin/National Maritime Museum, 1988, ISBN 0140103015, p. 88.

Licensing

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