A battlefield. A military leader on his throne and noblemen kneeling. A military victory of...

A SERIES of twelve miniatures illustrating the victories of the Emperor Charles V. with descriptive quatrains in Spanish. Antwerp Language: Spanish Source/Shelfmark: Add. 33733 f.12 A SERIES of twelve miniatures illustrating the victories of the Emperor Charles V. with descriptive quatrains in Spanish. Each miniature, including a border 3/4 inch wide, measures 10 1/4 inches in length by 7 inches in height, and is painted on the recto of a leaf of vellum, 11 1/2 x 8 inches. The quatrains are on the verso, each enclosed within an elaborate scroll-work border. At the beginning is the modern inscription " Giulio Clovio. L'aquila triumphante de Carlos Quinto "; and, according to notes inserted by T. Grenville, the tradition is that the miniatures were painted by Clovio for Philip 11. of Spain and remained in the Escurial until they were removed by a French officer early in the present century. There is, however, no external evidence to support these statements; and although the miniatures are executed in the highest style of the 16th century, it is very doubtful whether they are by Clovio's hand. The subjects, with very slight variations, are from designs of Martin van Heemskerck, engraved by Dirck Volkertsen Coorn- hert and published by Jerome Cock at Antwerp in 1556.