Charles V, dit le Sage, roi de France (1337-1380)

This painting by Gillot Saint-Èvre depicts Charles V of France, known as the Wise. It is a bust-length profile portrait showing the king wearing a crown and a fleur-de-lis mantle lined with ermine, in an image that emphasizes royal dignity, dynastic continuity, and the traditional attributes of Capetian monarchy. Painted in 1838, this oil on canvas belongs to the series of Portraits of the Kings of France commissioned between 1837 and 1838 by Louis-Philippe for the Musée historique de Versailles. Now kept at the Palace of Versailles, it belongs to nineteenth-century monarchical history painting, attentive to the visual reinvention of the national past and to the symbolic gallery of French sovereigns. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}