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Lot 261 Dα

A double portrait miniature of two young Infantas

Auction 1086 - overview Cologne
18.05.2017, 17:00 - Jewellery
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 17.360 € (incl. premium)

A double portrait miniature of two young Infantas

Gouache on thin card in a later ebonised wood frame. Inscribed on verso: "Dona Isabel de Aragón" "Dona Juana de Aragón". With indistinct monograms. 5.2 x 9.2 cm.
Spanish master, presumably ca. 1580.

Contrary to the inscription on the back of the piece, the figures depicted may be the princesses Isabel Clara Eugenia (1566 - 1633) and Catalina Micaela (1567 - 1597) of Spain, daughters of King Philipp II. There is a famous double portrait of the sisters painted by Alonso Sanchez Coello in 1572, which depicts them both at age 4 and 5 respectively.