Portrait of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V facing right

An engraved profile portrait of a bearded man facing right, wearing a broad fur-trimmed cap and a robe with fur collar and ornamented shoulder clasps. Inscribed text at upper left reads KAROLVS DEI GRATIA ROMANORUM IMPERATOR, and a double-headed eagle appears at upper right. Fine hatching models the fur and hair.

Look closer: A small double-headed eagle emblem sits in the upper right corner beside the portrait.

Artist

Anonymous, Italian

Date

ca. 1520–1540

Medium

Engraving

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

3069 × 4000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1993