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Dania Juana La Loca by Pradiglia. If Queen Juana La Loca in this painting by Pradiglia

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had her phone with her, I'm sure she would have been listening at that exact moment

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to La Perla by Rosalia. She was the daughter of the Catholic monarchs and the wife of Philip

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the Handsome, though between you and me, he really wasn't all that handsome, and with whom she had

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what we would probably call nowadays a toxic relationship, just full of red flags. In fact,

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Juana had a very tragic life, starting with the death of her husband in 1506 and her later

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confinement in the castle of Tordesillas until her death in 1555. But let's not spoil future

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events and just have a look at this specific moment first. This painting shows the months

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after Philip died. His last wish was to be buried in Granada. Juana was just so devastated and so

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in love that of course she decided to make the journey from Burgos to Granada just to fulfill

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his wish. But it was a very strange journey. They only traveled at night, and they stopped to pray

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during the day, constantly opening the coffin to check if Felipe was still in there. For years,

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she traveled like this. Because of this behavior, people called her La Loca, making it easier for

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her dad and her own son to establish that she wasn't fit to rule the country. In this scene,

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they're in the middle of a Castilian field in winter. Why not inside a building? Well,

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that's because the nearby convent was full of nuns, and Juana was so jealous that she didn't

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want any other women near her husband's body. Not even if he was dead. So she, and everyone else,

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had to stay outside in the freezing wind. In the painting, Juana looks empty and lost.

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She's wearing two rings, indicating that she's now a widow. But look at her belly,

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positioned at the center of the painting, and not by accident. You can see that she's pregnant with

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her daughter Catalina. Now her sadness makes even more sense. She's all alone with a baby on the

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way. It really is tragic, isn't it? And by showing this in the painting, making it the focus point,

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it's a symbol of hope. It shows that even after death, life continues. This is just one painting

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from the Here You Art network inside the Prado. If you want to know more about this and other

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Prado masterpieces, check out the Here You Art audio guide, where you can choose your own path

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without getting lost, or even worse, going mad.