Emperor Charles V
ca. 1555, Artist: Leone Leoni
Emperor Charles V
Here Leoni portrayed Charles V in the armour that he had worn at the victorious Battle of Mühlberg in 1547. Therefore, he created a bust that shows the entire upper body of the emperor. The figures on the plinth have reference to the wise and victorious Imperator (eagle, Mars, Minerva). Rudolf II acquired the bust for his Kunstkammer and chose it as the model for his own portrait.
Object data
Object Name
portrait head; bust
Culture
Milan
Dated
ca. 1555
Artist
Leone Leoni (um 1509 Arezzo - 1590 Mailand) - GND
Material
Bronze
Dimensions
H. 113 cm, B. 59 cm, T. 36 cm; 75 kg
B. 33 cm, T. 30 cm, H. 2,5 cm
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Kunstkammer
Inv. No.
Kunstkammer, 5504
Depiction/Person
Kaiser Karl V. Sohn des Philipp von Habsburg (1500 - 1558) - GND
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