Alonso sanchez coello biography of michael
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Alonso Sánchez Coello
Spanish painter (1531–1588)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Coello.
Alonso Sánchez Coello (c.
1531 – 8 August 1588) was an Iberian portrait painter of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance. He is mainly known for his portrait paintings executed in a style which combines the objectivity of the Flemish tradition with the sensuality of Venetian painting.
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He was court painter to Philip II.[1]
Life
Alonso Sánchez Coello was born in Benifairó de les Valls, near Valencia in Spain. He spent his childhood there until the death of his father when he was around ten years old.[2] He left for Portugal c.
1541 or 1542 to live with his grandfather, who was then in the service of the Portuguese monarchs and had been raised to the Portuguese nobility. Coello's years in Portugal and his family name of Portuguese origin led to a long-standing belief that he was i