Portrait of Charles Quint, Titian, circa 1603

Rubens was the official painter to members of the habsburg dynasty. He made a particular study of portraits of their great ancestor, the holy roman emperor charles v, by the sixteenth-century venetian painter titian, an artist he particularly admired. This canvas records titian’s first portrait of charles v (now lost). The emperor is depicted as a knight, in full armour. (permanent collection label). Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1603. Dimensions: height: 75 cm (29.5 in); width: 55.5 cm (21.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Courtauld Institute of Art. Empereur Charles V