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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Print
ca. 1543-1548 (published)
Artist/Maker
Nicolò Della Casa (engraver)
Antonio Salamanca (publisher)
Titian (artist)
Place of origin
Rome (published)

Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing half right, within an oval border with letters, between two columns supporting a pediment. On the pediment are three allegorical figures; in front of each column is a standing female figure and below are the seated figures of Africa and Germany.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Print
TitleCharles V, Holy Roman Emperor (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Engraving
Brief description
Print, portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, engraving by Nicolò della Casa, ca.1543-ca.1547
Physical description
Print, portrait of a man, head and shoulders, facing half right, within an oval border with letters, between two columns supporting a pediment. On the pediment are three allegorical figures; in front of each column is a standing female figure and below are the seated figures of Africa and Germany.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.5cm (cut)
  • Width: 36.2cm (cut)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Style
French School
Marks and inscriptions
'N. D. La Casa Lotaringus. F. Ant. Salamanca Excudebat.' (Lettered around the border with name of sitter; above with dedication and variously with Latin texts, and on a fragment of a fallen cornice)
Credit line
Given by Edgar Seligman
Production
This print is a copy after an engraving by Enea Vico (see E.3715-1960) from the painting by Titian.
Subjects depicted
Emperor
Columns
Charles V
Associated object
E.3715-1960 (Original)
Bibliographic references
  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le Peintre-Graveur Français. Paris: G. Warée, 1835-71.
  • Firmin-Didot, Ambroise. Les Graveurs de Portrait en France. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1875-9.
  • Bibliothèque National. Inventaire du Fonds Français. Paris: M. le Garrec, 1930.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1960: Volume 2, Edgar Seligman Gift. London: HMSO, 1966.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.340-1960

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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