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| Keywords: Don Carlos Spanien.jpg Artwork Creator Alonso Sánchez Coello es El príncipe don Carlos 1555-1559 óleo sobre lienzo 109 x 95 cm Museo del Prado Madrid España ca 1558 Oil on canvas cm 109 95 Institution Prado http //www museodelprado es/en/ingles/collection/on-line-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/prince-carlos/ en Reference numberP01136 This portrait depicts Prince Carlos 1545-1568 heir to the Spanish throne and son of Felipe II 1556-1598 by his first wife and cousin Manuela de Portugal 1528-1545 <br/> This work idealizes the Prince's face and body when in fact he was born with grave physical and psychological malformations that may have been due to his parents' inbreeding Both his clothing �a cape lined with lynx fur and a yellow jerkin � and his frontal pose help to disguise these characteristics <br/> The figure of Jupiter and an eagle carrying the column of Hercules are visible through a window in the background These symbols of the Habsburg Dynasty clearly alluded to the dynastic succession <br/> This work was cut down at some point which removed the artist's signature It is listed in the inventory of the Alcázar Palace in Madrid in 1636 other versions <gallery>File Alonso Sánchez Coello - Prince Don Carlos of Austria - WGA20718 jpg</gallery> PD-old-100 DEFAULTSORT 1558 circa; Charles Prince of Asturias Male portraits by Alonso Sánchez Coello Paintings by Alonso Sánchez Coello in the Prado Museum Charles Prince of Asturias 1550s portrait paintings 16th-century oil on canvas paintings in Spain 16th-century oil portraits of boys at three-quarter length 16th-century portrait paintings in the Prado Museum Aetos Dios Codpieces Doublet clothing Jerkin Lynx clothing in art Portrait paintings of standing boys Pluderhose Portraits wearing hats Portraits with window at the background Renaissance paintings of boys Right hand on hip in portrait paintings Feathered headdresses in art male Taken with Hasselblad H3D-39 | ||||
