View of Medina del Campo from the North

Topographical drawing of Medina del Campo by Anton van den Wyngaerde in 1565 during his journey through Castile documenting cities for Philip II. The view shows the city from the north, highlighting its main buildings: the Mota Castle, the collegiate church of San Antolín, convents and the characteristic urban layout of this important 16th-century commercial and financial center.

Van den Wyngaerde (c. 1525-1571) was chamber draughtsman to Philip II and created over sixty views of Spanish cities between 1562 and 1570, producing the most important iconographic corpus of 16th-century Spain. His drawings combine topographical accuracy with artistic value, constituting exceptional documents for understanding the urban physiognomy of the period.