Lot Essay
The composition of the present painting may be based on a lost portrait by Titian
Details
School of ALONSO SANCHEZ COELLO (1515-1590)
Portrait of Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor, half length, in armor and wearing the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece
inscribed 'CAROLVS.Vs./ROMANORV.IMP.'--oil on canvas
27 3/8 x 22in. (70.5 x 55.9cm.)
Portrait of Charles V (1500-1558), Holy Roman Emperor, half length, in armor and wearing the badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece
inscribed 'CAROLVS.Vs./ROMANORV.IMP.'--oil on canvas
27 3/8 x 22in. (70.5 x 55.9cm.)
Provenance
Sir Guy Francis Kaling, London
acquired by the museum in 1929
acquired by the museum in 1929
Literature
H.B. Wehle, A Catalogue of the Italian, Spanish and Byzantine paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940, p. 208, as
K. Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, I, p. 97; II, p. 122, illustrated, as Italian (Venetian) Painter, mid-16th century
K. Baetjer, European Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, I, p. 97; II, p. 122, illustrated, as Italian (Venetian) Painter, mid-16th century
Exhibited
Bruges, Toison d'Or, exhibition,1962, no. 102, illustrated, as attributed to Corneille de Lyon