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Allegory on the Abdication of Emperor Charles V in Brussels
Charles V is enthroned at centre. Battle weary and wracked by illness, in 1555 he divided up his empire. He gave his brother Ferdinand (left of the throne) the Holy Roman Empire, while his son Phillip (at the right) became King of Spain and Lord of the Netherlands. The four figures in the right foreground personify the continents over which Charles’s vast empire stretched.
Neptune (left) symbolize…
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25B
- http://iconclass.org/44B169
- http://iconclass.org/92H178
- Troonsafstand van Karel V
- Brussels
- Karel V van Habsburg (Duits keizer en koning van Spanje)
- Ferdinand I van Habsburg (Duits keizer)
- Filips II (koning van Spanje)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Subject
- http://iconclass.org/25B
- http://iconclass.org/44B169
- http://iconclass.org/92H178
- Troonsafstand van Karel V
- Brussels
- Karel V van Habsburg (Duits keizer en koning van Spanje)
- Ferdinand I van Habsburg (Duits keizer)
- Filips II (koning van Spanje)
Type of item
- painting
- Art of painting
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.1630 - c.1640
Place-Time
- first quarter 17th century
- second quarter 17th century
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.6674
- SK-A-112
Extent
- height 134 cm
- width 172 cm
Format
- oil paint (paint)
- panel
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collection: paintings
- collectie: schilderijen
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:13:01.160Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:15.696Z