Lock plate
Pompeo Leoni
ca. 1550 - ca. 1600
Medium
gild
Dimensions
22.7; 18
About this artwork
geheel: hoogte 22,7 cm
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...