Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV at Canossa
A terracotta sculpture shows a bearded, elderly man in a long draped robe reading an open book. He stands within a gnarled tree trunk that rises around him, and the pale brown clay is set against a plain grey backdrop.
Look closer: The open book is held against the figure's chest, and its pages catch the light at the center.
- Artist
- Ubaldo Gandolfi
- Date
- ca. 1770–75
- Medium
- Terracotta
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 1457 × 1941 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1780).
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, Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ada Peluso, and Romano I. Peluso Gift, in memory of Ignazio Peluso, 2006