Patience [reverse]
Pompeo Leoni
1554
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Medium
lead
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.94 cm (2 3/4 in.) gross weight: 127.23 gr (0.28 lb.) axis: 6:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.1039.b
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...