# Doña Juana, Princess of Portugal [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SANCHEZ COELLO, Alonso]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 116 x 93 cm ## Commentary Doña Juana, Princess of Portugal c. 1557 Oil on canvas, 116 x 93 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao The painting represents Doña Juana \(1535-1573\), sister of King Philip II, second daughter of Charles I and Elizabeth of Portugal. She married Don Juan Manuel, Prince of Portugal in 1553 but became widow one year later. In the absence of her brother she governed Spain between 1554 and 1559. Sánchez Coello painted the princess many times. In this life-like version the Princess is about 22 years old. He portrays Doña Juana three-quarter length, dressed in black and fastening her veil with a brooch, bearing the picture of her brother the king –a symbol of her delegated power. ## Related artworks - [Diego de Covarrubias]() - [Infantas Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela]() - [Philip II Holding a Rosary]() - [Philip II]() - [Portrait of the Infanta Catalina Micaela]() - [Prince Don Carlos of Austria]() - [St Sebastian between St Bernard and St Francis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()