Tapestry with the arms of Emperor Charles V
Also titled Tapijt met het wapen van keizer Karel V
Willem de Pannemaker (1512–1581)
c. 1540 - c. 1555
- Medium
- wool, metal thread, silk
- Classification
- tapestry
- Dimensions
- height 200.5 cm x width 175 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This tapestry symbolizes the power of the Habsburg Emperor Charles V. Surrounded by abundant plants and flowers, a crowned double-headed eagle bears his coat of arms. Charles was ruler, among others, of Austria, Hungary, Sicily, Spain, Burgundy, and the Low Countries. Until his abdication in 1555, he was the most powerful man in Europe. Such tapestries were probably used on festive occasions.
