Juan Pantoja de la Cruz

Juan Pantoja de La Cruz
Portrait of Prince Philip Emmanuel of Savoy (1586–1605), c. 1604.[1](Bilbao Fine Arts Museum)
Born
Juan Pantoja de La Cruz

1553
Died26 October 1608 (aged 54–55)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Known forCourt painter

Juan Pantoja de La Cruz (1553 – 26 October 1608) was a Spanish painter, one of the best representatives of the Spanish school of court painters. He worked for Philip II and Philip III. The Museo del Prado contains examples of his severe portraiture style.

  1. ^ Eldest son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, he and his brother, later Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, were in Madrid when he died at the age of 19, probably shortly after this portrait was made.