Alonso Sánchez Coello

Alonso Sánchez Coello
Possible self-portrait, c. 1570. Museo del Prado, Madrid
Bornc. 1532
Died8 August 1588 (aged 55–56)
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Known forPainting
MovementSpanish Renaissance

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. He was court painter to Philip II.