King Felipe VI of Spain new official photographs in uniform. Dec 16, 2014 General Captain of the Arm...

Discover Infanta Sofia's trendy outfit in the Spanish Royal Family's photos for King Felipe and Queen Letizia's 20th wedding anniversary.

There was a time when fashion was not decided in Paris, Milan or New York. At one point, it was Philip II’s Spain, an empire where the sun never set, who told the world how to dress. As a reflection of the time, art is the perfect guide to learn about fashion in the 16th and 17th Centuries through the BBVA Collection.

Born in 1661, King Charles II of Spain was the last Habsburg ruler of the country. Born into a family whose inbreeding was of epic proportions, he suffered severe deformities that led to him being known as El Hechizado, the bewitched. Charles II became King of Spain at the age…

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Before she was the incredibly stylish Diana, Princess of Wales, she was Lady Diana Spencer. Thrust into the spotlight in her late teens following her romantic connection with Princes Charles, it wasn’t long before Diana became a fashion icon the world over. But it wasn’t her newly-acquired princess status that made Di so on-trend – no sir, […] More

Several years ago I heard a conference paper on the signs of disease and illness in famous C17th portraits. Art historians in the audience knew that the painters generally attempted to show their sitters in the best light possible, presumably because the artists hoped to have more royal or noble commissions in the future. But the medicos in the audience were certain that in some cases, the signs of disease were so pronounced that leaving out the changes in facial features, bone structure and skin colour was not possible. Luca Giordano, King Charles II of Spain, c1685 Nowhere in art can the casual viewer see medical crises better than in the portrait of King Charles II of Spain c1685, painted by the court artist from 1692-1702, Luca Giordano. The Spanish Habsburg dynasty in fact ended with this sickly product of generations of intermarriage between cousins; he was physically unable to produce a son. But the young king also suffered from a range of other physical, mental and emotional disabilities. Mandibular prognathism/Habsburg jaw was so pronoun­ced in King Charles II that he was actually incapable of chewing. It does not take a medical clinician to note the very unusual relationship of the soft tissue portion of the King' chin to his nose. ** Painted in c1654, Rembrandt's housekeeper/de facto wife Hendrickje Stoffels was the model for the biblical character, Bathsheba at her Bath. Rembrandt may have painted his lover with such a sad face for any number of reasons, including: his troubles with the Church, his impending bankruptcy and her pregnancy outside of marriage. But Peter Allen Braithwaite suggested something else. Asymmetrical depiction and clear skin discolouration in the left breast was not an artefact of the port­rait’s light and shadow. If Rembrandt painted the features that he actually saw, then perhaps there were already clinical signs of breast cancer. In fact Hen­drickje lived for 8+ years after the paint­ing of Bathsheba but she deteriorated throughout this period, part­icularly towards the end when her general ill health became apparent in other paintings. Historians re­corded that she was probably consumptive, dying of tub­er­cul­osis in 1663. Is it more reasonable to suggest, from the art, that she died of disseminated breast cancer? Rembrandt, Bathsheba at Her Bath, 1654, 142 x 142 cm, Louvre Recently a very interesting analysis of Nicolas de Largilliere’s Portrait of an Officer appeared in the MJA. Examine the swollen knuck­les in both hands, inflamed and reddish. Largilliere was consid­ered to have had a genius for depicting hands, so the all-important accuracy in his art was always found in his paintings. The authors Weisz and Albury concluded that a possible diagnosis in the context of swollen but undeformed fingers could have been rheumatic fever or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Does disease, intentionally or unintentionally displayed in 17th century paintings, matter? Yes it does. Firstly art historians decode everything in paintings, including clothes, furniture, books, flowers and architecture. So we should be careful about the body as well. Secondly the portraits' models had the full range of illnesses that everyone in the community had in the 17th century, albeit less readily diagnosable than now and not treatable at all. Recognising that the artist wanted to flatter the sitter and would have toned down the sitter’s worst features, we can assume for example that King Charles II’s jaw was probably far bigger and uglier than Luca Giordano dared show. Nonetheless the portraits are a gold mine of medical information, if the viewer analyses the images carefully. Especially if the biography of the sitter is well known. Nicolas de Largilliere, Portrait of an Officer c1714, Art Gallery NSW ** Even in the 19th century, the biography of a person may have been very well known but his/her medical records were hidden or inadequate. Carson and Wakely described as best they could the health problems suffered by arguably the most famous woman in the world, Florence Nightingale - spinal pain, brucellosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome and particularly manic depression. If my hypothesis is correct, art historians should now go back and re-examine the portraits of this very famous woman.

H.M. King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Monogram

No, las personas de Bélgica con el cabello y la piel oscuros no descienden de los tercios españoles. Una investigación en la que ha participado un profesor de la UPF ha acabado con un mito que persiste desde el siglo XVI, cuando las tropas de Felipe II el Prudente ocuparon Flandes y saquearon y destruyeron ciudades como Malinas (1572), Aalst (1576), Amberes (1576) o Zichem (1578).

Sofonisba Anguissola Portrait of Philip II of Spain [1565] Madrid Prado

The Queen has welcomed King Felipe of Spain and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands to Windsor today to officially make them 'Stranger' Knights of the Garter.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain attend a state banquet hosted by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark during the royal couple’s state visit to Denmark at Christiansborg Castle on 6 November 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Spanish Queen dazzles in a Carolina Herrera floral embroidered gown, which she debuted at the gala dinner of the enthronement of Japanese Emperor Naruhito back in October.

Alfonso XIII - Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena - King of Spain, 1927. Queen Vic...

King Felipe VI of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain and Infanta Leonor, Princess of Asturias attend the Solemn Opening of the Parliament (Spanish: Solemne Apertura de las Cortes Generales ) of the Kingdom of Spain at the Palace of the Cortes on 29 November 2023 in Madrid, Spain.

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