# Portrait of Charles II of Bourbon [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MASTER of Moulins]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera on panel, 35 x 27 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Charles II of Bourbon c. 1485 Tempera on panel, 35 x 27 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich There is a dignity in this portrait, in which intense shades of red predominate, which makes it the worthy representation of a cardinal and 'Prince of the Church'. His face reflects the devotion and concentration appropriate to the act of prayer, combined, however, with the authority of worldly knowledge and political skill. It was not for nothing that Louis XI of France invited him to act as his son's godfather, or helped him to become Archbishop of Lyons; indeed he spared no effort to gain the support of the Bourbons, one of the country's greatest noble families, to which the Cardinal belonged. This important figure of the second half of the fifteenth century found in the Master of Moulins a portraitist worthy of his position. ## Related artworks - [Anne of France, Duchesse de Bourbon, Presented by St John the Evangelist]() - [Madonna and Child Adored by Angels]() - [Madonna Enthroned with Saints \(detail\)]() - [Mary Magdalen and a Donator]() - [Meeting at the Golden Gate]() - [Nativity]() - [Pierre II, Duc de Bourbon, Presented by St Peter]() - [Portrait of Margaret of Austria \(Portrait of a Young Princess\)]() - [St Victor with Donor]() - [The Annunciation]() - [The Dauphin Charles-Orlant]() - [The Moulins Triptych \(central panel\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()