Keywords: Portrait of Philip II of Spain by Sofonisba Anguissola - 002b.jpg Artwork Creator Sofonisba Anguissola 1565 oil canvas cm 88 72 Institution Museo del Prado not on display accession number Reference number P01036 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 credit line 288 number lower right 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 http //www museodelprado es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/felipe-ii-7/ Museo del Prado 100px PD-old-100 original upload log wikitable date/time username resolution size edit summary ---- 00 25 6 November 2008 User Gryffindor <a href http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/PhilipII jpg ><img alt Thumbnail for version as of 00 25 6 November 2008 src http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/PhilipII jpg/97px-PhilipII jpg width 97 height 119 border 0 /></a></td><td>520×640 58 KB <nowiki> travail personnel own work <a href /wiki/User Gryffindor title User Gryffindor >Gryffindor</a> </nowiki> ---- 00 14 28 January 2008 User YK Times <a href http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/7a/20081106002540 21PhilipII jpg ><img alt Thumbnail for version as of 00 14 28 January 2008 src http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/archive/7/7a/20081106002540 21PhilipII jpg/100px-PhilipII jpg width 100 height 120 border 0 /></a></td><td>502×600 71 KB <nowiki>This image is the most famous portrait of Philip II 1527-1598 with the emblem of the Golden Fleece and holding his rosary Painted by <a href /wiki/Category Alonso_S C3 A1nchez_Coello title Category Alonso Sánchez Coello >Alonso Sánchez Coello</a> 1527-1625 and is located in Prado Madrid PD-old-100 </nowiki> ---- 02 38 15 May 2005 User ADGE <a href http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/archive/7/7a/20080128001439 21PhilipII jpg ><img alt Thumbnail for version as of 02 38 15 May 2005 src http //upload wikimedia org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/archive/7/7a/20080128001439 21PhilipII jpg/100px-PhilipII jpg width 100 height 120 border 0 /></a></td><td>502×600 45 KB <nowiki>This image is the most famous portrait of Philip II 1527-1598 with the emblem of the Golden Fleece and holding his rosary Painted by Sofonisba Anguiscola 1527-1625 and is located in Prado Madrid PD-old-100 </nowiki> DEFAULTSORT Anguissola; Philip II of Spain; 1565 Male portraits by Sofonisba Anguissola Portrait paintings of Philip II of Spain 16th-century portrait paintings in the Prado Museum 16th-century oil portraits of men at half length Black clothing in art male Males with black headwear in art Mannerist paintings in Spain 1560s paintings from Spain Portraits wearing caps Portrait paintings with grey background Portraits with rosaries Renaissance portraits of men Toques headgear 16th-century oil on canvas paintings in Spain 1565 portrait paintings 16th-century men looking at viewer in art |