Joanna of Austria, Daughter of Charles V (1535–1573)

Jacopo Nizolla da Trezzo

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Joanna of Austria, daughter of Charles V, married in 1553 Don Juan, son of the King Don Juan III of Portugal; he never ascended the throne, and after his death in 1554, she became the regent of Spain.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art