print
- Museum number
- 1860,0414.152
- Description
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Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, seen half-length, slightly turned to the right, wearing an adorned cape, holding the imperial orb and sceptre.
Woodcut
- Production date
- 1530-1540 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 485 millimetres
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Width: 342 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This large print has the appearance of being the central section of an even larger composition.
For further information and bibliography see the entry by Maria Ludovica Piazzi on the online catalogue 'Atlante delle xilografie italiane del Rinascimento', ALU.0552.1.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1860
- Acquisition notes
- The 255 woodcuts came from a group of 500 that was offered by Colnaghi for £500 (see Carpenter's report dated 21 March 1860). According to the register these came from the collection of William Russell. Carpenter proposed making a selection of those that the BM lacked; this was first declined by Colnaghi's, but was later accepted (see his later report dated 11 April). The final selection of 255 prints cost 300 guineas. Nos.312 to 327 were Japanese colour prints - almost the earliest to enter the BM collection.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1860,0414.152
