Rogier van der Weyden

... like a sketch.

There were some incredible artists around at her time, Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, and they were put, doing portraits that are almost like they could breathe, and you could see individual pores and teardrops.

If one of those artists had captured Joan's likeness, we wouldn't have this ambiguity about her.

Okay.

And we don't even know if the person who doodled it even saw her or if it was just like a sketch.

There were some incredible artists around at her time, Jan van Eyck and Roger van der Weyden.

And they were doing portraits that are almost like they could breathe and you could see individual pores and teardrops.

If one of those artists had captured Joan's likeness, we wouldn't have this ambiguity about her.

uh the how do you call it retablo in in english what is behind the altarpiece no what is behind the altarpiece that goes all over up to the ceiling it's an altarpiece oh there's the altarpiece okay all right perfect yeah okay i think that's how you call it that's how it was actually it's like most of the red tableaus they narrate scenes from christ's life and the passion The structure rises vertically, reinforcing the Gothic aspiration towards heaven.

Now, they have also a part of the royal collection that the chapel houses a lot of significant artworks collected by Queen Isabel, including Flemish paintings by Roger van der Weyden and Hans Mengling.

Those are very important things.

This work reflects... her sophisticated taste and international reach of her court.