“La Virgen de la Mosca"

To seize power in Spain, Queen Isabella had to play it smart

Bold, strategic, and steady, Isabella of Castile navigated an unlikely rise to the throne and ushered in a golden age for Spain.

Looking Like a Queen

“La Virgen de la Mosca,” painted in the 1520s, depicts the calm, cool character of Queen Isabella I. Santa María la Mayor Collegial Church, Toro, Spain.
Photograph by ORONOZ/ALBUM
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