Portrait of Charles V

Bernard Van Orley

1520

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From the collection of Galleria Borghese

northern_renaissance Renaissance Portrait charles v

About this work

This painting shows a man with a serious expression, wearing a black hat with a gold emblem and a red and black robe with a gold necklace. He holds a gold object in his right hand. The man's dark hair is cut short, and his eyes look straight ahead. The background is a pattern of small gold dots. If you want to learn more about the artist who painted this, look up Bernard Van Orley.