Michelangelo Buonarroti

Leone Leoni

1561 - 1564

Michelangelo Buonarroti by Leone Leoni

Medium

casting

Dimensions

568; 6

About this artwork

Gift of J.M. van Gelder-Nijhoff

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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