Alonso Sánchez Coello Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Alonso Sánchez Coello
Early Life and Training Born: Benifaió, Spain (1531) Spent childhood near Valencia until his father's death. Around 1541/42, moved to Portugal to live with his grandfather, a nobleman in service of the Portuguese monarchs. Studied with Anthonis Mor (Antonio Moro) in Flanders around 1550. Received patronage from Antoine de Granville, Bishop of Arras, also a patron of Mor. Career at the Spanish Court Worked for the Portugu
ese royal family and later the court of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal. Moved to the Spanish court of Philip II in 1555, recommended by Juana, sister of Philip II. Became Court Painter in 1560. Married Louisa Reyaltes, daughter of a silversmith, around 1560/61. His daughter, Isabel Sánchez, also became a painter and assisted in his workshop. Moved with the court to Toledo and settled in Madrid in 1561. Artistic Style and I…