Coronation of Charles VI as Holy Roman Emperor at Frankfurt
A round gold medal in high relief shows a bust in profile facing right. The sitter wears long curled wig hair, a cuirass, and an ornamented cloak clasp. Lettering runs around the rim, reading CAROL VI D G ROM IMP S A G H HARB R A, set against a smooth field.
Look closer: The lettering around the rim carries the emperor's titles and is easy to overlook beside the portrait.
- Artist
- Philipp Heinrich Müller
- Date
- 1711
- Medium
- Gold
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 3674 × 3412 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1711).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of The Mark and Lottie Salton Trust, 2021