Blind Man with a Staff and Water-flask, Led by a Dog [reverse]
Leone Leoni
1560/1561
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Medium
bronze//Later casting
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.) gross weight: 52.42 gr (0.116 lb.) axis: 2:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.1022.b
About the Artist
Leone Leoni · 1504–1590
Leone Leoni (1504–1590) was an Italian sculptor and medalist who rose to become one of the most celebrated court artists of sixteenth-century Europe, serving emperors, kings, and popes with equal distinction. Born in Menaggio on Lake Como, he trained as a goldsmith and medallist, skills that brought him to the attention of powerful patrons at a time when the portrait medal was one of the most pres...