Living Masterpieces

Equestrian Portrait of Charles V

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About the work

Titian painted Charles V in 1548, a year after Mühlberg. This English story asks why a victory portrait shows no defeated enemy beneath the horse. It connects surviving armour and adaptations for gout with the Prado's political reading of the image, using a labelled contemporary relief of the painted portrait. The painting is not a view of the fighting.

Details

Year
1548
Medium
Living Masterpieces
Dimensions
335 × 283 cm (height × width; current Prado catalogue)

Credits

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Bernie Torras