Portrait of Elisabeth of Valois is an oil-on-canvas painting executed c.1561–1565 by the Italian artist Sofonisba Anguissola, now in the Museo del Prado, in Madrid.Italian women artists from Renaissance to Baroque, Milano, Skira, 2007
It shows Elisabeth of Valois, third wife of Philip II of Spain. Flavio Caroli, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, A. Mondadori, 1987 Its iconography derives from Titian's Portrait of Elizabeth of Portugal, Philip's mother. Elisabeth is shown holding a miniature of Philip in her right hand, Sofonisba Anguissola e le sue sorelle, Milano, Leonardo Arte, 1994, page 234 whilst her black clothing testifies to the austerity of the Spanish court at that time. Giovanna Motta, La Moda contiene la Storia e ce la racconta puntualmente, Edizioni Nuova Cultura, 2015 - 272 pagine.
See also List of paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola
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