A FLEMISH CITIZEN AT MEALS.
(From a XVI. Century MS.)
THE RENAISSANCE IN SPAIN.
We have seen that Spain, as well as Germany and the Low Countries, was under the rule of the Emperor Charles V., and therefore it is unnecessary to look further for the sources of influence which carried the wave of Renaissance to the Spanish carvers and cabinet makers.
SEDAN CHAIR OF CHARLES V.
Probably made in the Netherlands. Arranged with movable back and uprights to form a canopy when desired.
(In the Royal Academy, Madrid.)