It is in three lines:
"Doy a V.M. el parabien desta vitoria que Nrõ Señor ha sido servido darnos, como a quien holgara de tan felice nueva lo es justo."
"I congratulate Your Grace on the victory that Our Lord has been pleased to give us, as is due to one who will rejoice over such happy news."
From the collection of the Conde de Valencia de D. Juan. Photographed specially for this book.
Postscript in D. John of Austria's writing from the collection of the Conde de Valencia de D. Juan.
Philip II and his son, Don Fernando
Sir William Stirling Maxwell says that tradition has connected this picture with Lepanto. Philip II is represented holding up to Heaven his short-lived son, by Anne of Austria, Don Fernando, who was born December 4, 1571, shortly after the news of the victory reached Spain. It is stated that the picture was painted by Titian (1477-1576) "at the age of ninety-four at least."
It is in the Prado Gallery, Madrid.