In 1551, he decorated a bed for the queen's chamber D. Catherine, wife of D. John III, which was lost.
In 1567 he painted the altarpiece of the church of the Convent of the Conception of Beja, also lost.
The portrait of Madrid, full-body, is signed and dated "1565 Christoforus Morales faciebat", while Lisbon was probably performed in 1571 at the request of D. Catherine, grandmother of Sebastian.
In these works the young king is represented with a cold and challenging, befitting his personality, and wears a splendid armor.
According to Vítor Serrão, the portrait of the King "is one of the most transcendent landmarks of the mannerist movement".