Danae and the Shower of Gold
Pompeo Leoni
ca.1550–75
Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Classification
Medals and Plaquettes
Culture
Italian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1936
Accession Number
36.110.18
Tags
EaglesWomen
About the Artist
Pompeo Leoni · 1533–1608
Pompeo Leoni (c. 1533–1608) was a distinguished Italian late Renaissance sculptor and medalist who spent the majority of his career as chief sculptor to the Spanish Habsburg court. Born in Milan, he followed in the footsteps of his father Leone Leoni, one of the era's most celebrated medallists and sculptors. Pompeo's arrival in Spain in 1556 with a series of imperial portraits marked the beginnin...