Lo exótico y lo inusual en los retratos e inventarios de las infantas Isabel Clara Eugenia y Catalina Micaela

Abstract

In the domestic atmosphere, intimate and familiar, Infant Isabel Clara Eugenia and Catalina Micaela were surrounded by every all kinds of rare humans and objects, symbols of their power and luxury of the monarchy they represented. Different testimonies of the season, her portraits and letters and, especially the documents of the Archives Generals of Palace and Simancas show that the Infants of Spain have exotic property followed the collecting of the Europe Courts during the Renaissance, symbol of good taste, luxury and distinction.