Portret van Karel Lodewijk, keurvorst van de Palts 1656

"Portret van Karel Lodewijk, keurvorst van de Palts" is a 1656 etching by Wallerant Vaillant, portraying Charles Louis, Elector Palatine. The artwork, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, depicts the elector in profile, wearing a fur-trimmed robe, a crown in his left hand, and a sword in his right. The detailed rendering of his attire and the inscription below showcase the artist’s meticulous attention to detail and the importance of visual representations of authority in 17th-century portraiture.