Medal: Ippolita Gonzaga
Leone Leoni
model 1551 (possibly cast 19th century)
Medium
Bronze (Copper alloy with worn, dark brown patina)
Dimensions
Diam. 6.6 cm, wt. 75.96 g.
Classification
Medals
Department
Robert Lehman Collection
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Accession Number
1975.1.1278
Tags
ProfilesPortraitsWomen
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...