Portrait of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor  1519

Oil on wood [br]71x52 cm Located in Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest The subject of this painting was the most famous ruler of the sixteenth century. The son of the Castilian King Philip of Burgundy and Mad Joanna, he ascended the Spanish throne in 1516. In 1519 he became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and for nearly forty years was the leading figure in European polit...