On-line gallery
- Reference number
- P00409
- Author
- Titian [Vecellio di Gregorio Tiziano] (Italian)
- Title
- Emperor Carlos V with a Dog
- Chronology
- 1533
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 192 cm x 111 cm x 3,5 cm
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
This, the first full-length
portrait painted by Titian,
represents Emperor Carlos V
(1500-1558) with a dog, perhaps the
one called Sampere.
This work was painted during the
artist's second meeting with the
Emperor, which took place in
Bologna between 13 December 1532
and 28 February, 1533. It is a
variation on an original painting
by the German artist, Jacob
Seisseneger, now in the
Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna.
Titian surpassed the earlier work,
managing to give the Emperor a new
aristocratic bearing by depicting
him as more slender.
This painting was first mentioned
in Spain in the 1600 inventory of
valuables at Madrid's Alcázar
Palace. Felipe IV (1605-1665) later
gave it to Charles I of England,
but it was later purchased at the
auction of his belongings and
returned to Spain. It entered the
Prado Museum in 1821.
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