5010B

The persistence of Charles V in the pursuit of military endeavors

Artist: Unidentified Novohispanic Artist
Title: The persistence of Charles V in the pursuit of military endeavors
Date: 1559
Medium: Unidentified medium. Illustration on the ephemeral monument built in 1559 by Claudio de Arziniega (1526-1592/3) to mourn the death of Charles V of Spain.
Location: The ephemeral monument bearing this illustration was originally built in the patio of the Capilla de San Juan de los Naturales, Convento de San Francisco, Ciudad de México. Today it survives only in the description on folio 16r of Francisco Cervantes de Salazar (ca. 1514 – ca. 1575) Túmulo imperial de la gran ciudad de Mexico [a las obsequias del invictissimo Cesar Carlos quinto]. México: Antonio de Espinoza (ca. 1530-1576), 1560, and which we reproduce above.
Photo Source: Google Books
Correspondence Credit: Sebastián 1992, 139-142, and Almerindo Ojeda.
Note: For our choice of the 1548 version of this pictura, see the note on the companion piece 5009B.
Item: 5010B