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Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1857. The Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), who had renounced the Imperial crown in 1555 and retired in 1557 to the remote monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste in Estramadura, receives a letter sent by his son Philip II of Spain begging him to return. He is handed the letter by the Conde de Mélito (1503–1575). The scene, which took place in February 1557, is set in Charles’s bedroom overlooking the high altar of the monastery. Behind Charles hang two paintings by Titian (q.v.): Trinity (‘Gloria’) and a portrait of Philip II (both now Madrid, Prado). Although Charles offered Philip written advice, he refused to leave the monastery.

The Wallace Collection

London

Title

Charles V at the Monastery of San Jerónimo de Yuste

Date

1856

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 98.2 x W 144 cm

Accession number

P361

Acquisition method

acquired by Sir Richard Wallace, 1872; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897

Work type

Painting

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