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Charles v royal order3/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The Hapsburg dynasty and his chin were not the only things that Charles inherited, as the years of inbreeding was also the cause of poor health and was known to suffer from chronic gout, thus, the addition of the horse. He decided to depict Charles on a horse to reconcile these two considerations, choosing to conceal half of his face and finishing it with gentle retouching instead of full-on profile shot that would have required extensive photoshop to reconstruct him as the ideal beauty, the 1548 version of People Magazine ’s Sexiest Man Alive. This was one of the challenges Titian faced when creating the portrait, to achieve a balance of true representation and idealization fit for a monarch. ![]() Īlthough Charles boasted an impressive resume, he was no Prince Charming, at least aesthetically, and was insecure about his protruding Hapsburg chin, the result of many years of royal inbreeding. This important commission was given to who else but Titian, a Venetian painter during the Italian Renaissance, who was highly sought after by prominent Italian patrons and the papacy and who Charles had sat for previously in Charles V with a Greyhound. He ruled during the time of the Protestant Reformation, a period of religious upheaval in Europe, and this painting was commissioned to celebrate his victory over the Protestants in the Battle of Muhlberg in 1547, the end of the Schmalkaldic War between the Catholic Holy Roman Empire and the Schmalkaldic League, the alliance of Lutheran rebel princes. He presided over a large territory, his rule extending from Germany to Italy to the Netherlands. Ĭharles V was the Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain, and a staunch Catholic. Pre-dating Tyra Banks by over four centuries, Titian and Charles V pioneered the side angle technique for enhancing cheekbones and a sharp jawline in Charles V on Horseback. ![]()
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