Image: Pieter van Coninxloo - Diptych

Description: King Philipp I. the Handsome at the age of 16 and his sister Margarete (1480 - 1530) at the age of 14, who became Regent of the Netherlands. Philip is wearing the collar of the Golden Fleece. His arms are depicted at the top of this panel, the other coats of arms are of territories which belonged to the House of Austria. From the arms and inscriptions it can be established that this diptych was painted in about 1493-5. This is confirmed by a diptych of the same sitters at Schloss Ambras, on the frame of which their ages are written as 16 and 14, so dating it to about 1494. The commission of the Schloss Ambras picture and the present painting was perhaps connected with a proposed double marriage into the Spanish royal house. Diptychon
Title: Portrait of Philip I of Castile and Margaret of Austria
Credit: 2. National Gallery 1. luxfon.com
Author: Probably Pieter van Coninxloo
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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