Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, anonymous, c. 1460 - c. 1480

Title(s)

Portrait of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-3836

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription, upper left: ‘Le.Lay.Emprins’ (I have undertaken it)
• coat of arms, upper right: quartered, 1 and 4, three gold fleurs-de-lis on a blue field; 2, divided vertically, i, three diagonal gold bands on a blue field, ii, a gold lion rampant on a black field; 3, divided vertically, i, three diagonal gold bands on a blue field, ii, a red lion rampant with gold claws on a silver field; an inescutcheon with a black lion rampant with red tongue and claws on a gold field. Crest: a silver crown and a red orb

Description

Portret van Karel de Stoute, hertog van Bourgondië. Staande naar rechts, ten voeten uit op een tegelvloer. Om de hals de keten van het Gulden Vlies. Linksboven het familiewapen. Met geïntegreerde lijst. Pendant van SK-A-3835.

Artist

• painter: anonymous

Place

Southern Netherlands

Dating

c. 1460 - c. 1480

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

support: diameter 39 cm (incl. original frame) × thickness 3.3 cm (painted surface)

What

• historical persons (+ full length portrait)
• armorial bearing, heraldry

When

• 1433 - 1477

Where

• Bourgondië

Who

• Charles the Bold (Duke of Burgundy)

Credit line

• Gift of Kunsthandel G. Wildenstein

Acquisition

gift 1952

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

Notes

Related

• Portret van Filips de Goede, hertog van Bourgondië