Emperor Charles V
1552
Medium
Honestone; gilt wood frame
Dimensions
Overall: 20 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (52.7 × 41.9 cm); Framed: 27 1/4 × 22 3/4 × 3 5/8 in. (69.2 × 57.8 × 9.2 cm)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Austrian
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number
17.190.744
Tags
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...