<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand,_Prince_of_Asturias" class="extiw" title="en:Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias">Ferdinand of Spain</a> (1571-1578) was the son of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" class="extiw" title="en:Philip II of Spain">Philip II of Spain</a> and a half-brother of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Clara_Eugenia" class="extiw" title="en:Isabella Clara Eugenia">Archduchess Isabella</a>. He <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeching_(boys)" class="extiw" title="en:Breeching (boys)">still wears a skirt</a>, so he must be about four years old. Coello trained in Brussels and spent much of his career in Philip's service. His portrait of Ferdinand in a green coat with a pet bird was in the king's estate; this is that painting or a version made for a relative such as Isabella.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Alonso_S%C3%A1nchez_Coello" class="extiw" title="w:en:Alonso Sánchez Coello"><span title="Spanish artist (1531-1588)">Alonso Sánchez Coello</span></a> and workshop
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circa 1575 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1575-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Renaissance" class="extiw" title="w:en:Renaissance"><span title="cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century">Renaissance</span></a><div style="display: none;">era QS:P2348,Q4692</div>)
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