# Portrait of Giovanni Battista di Castaldo [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MOR VAN DASHORST, Anthonis]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 108 x 83 cm ## Commentary Portrait of Giovanni Battista di Castaldo c. 1550 Oil on panel, 108 x 83 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The sitter of this portrait, Giovanni Battista di Castaldo, was an illustrious Neapolitan soldier who fought in the service of Charles V and took part in important military actions such as the Battle of Pavia and the victory at Mühlberg. He is shown standing with his sword at his side and the cross of the Order of Santiago on his breast. The dignity of his character, looking out at the viewer with a lofty and distant expression, is reflected in his pose and deportment as well as in his plain but luxurious dress. ## Related artworks - [Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain]() - [Anne Fernely, the Wife of Sir Thomas Gresham]() - [Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle]() - [Cardinal Granvelle's Dwarf]() - [Catherine of Austria, Wife of King John III of Portugal]() - [Emperor Maximilian II]() - [Empress Maria of Austria, Wife of Maximilian II]() - [Joanna of Austria]() - [Knight of the Spanish St James Order]() - [Lady wearing a Cross]() - [Lady with the Jewel]() - [Margaret, Duchess of Parma]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()