Self-Portrait [reverse]
Leone Leoni
1541
![Self-Portrait [reverse] by Leone Leoni](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/self-portrait-reverse-nga-45097.webp)
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
overall (diameter): 4.26 cm (1 11/16 in.) gross weight: 34.33 gr (0.076 lb.) axis: 6:00
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Accession Number
1957.14.1023.b
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...