Hope with Hands Raised in Prayer [reverse]

Leone Leoni

1544 or after

Hope with Hands Raised in Prayer [reverse] by Leone Leoni

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall (diameter): 7.05 cm (2 3/4 in.) gross weight: 103.34 gr (0.228 lb.) axis: 1.00

Classification

Sculpture

Department

CSD

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.159.b

About the Artist

Leone Leoni · 15041590

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...

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