Leone Leoni
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Leone Leoni (c. 1509-1590) was an Italian Mannerist sculptor, goldsmith, and medalist who served as portraitist to Emperor Charles V and Philip II of Spain. Born in Arezzo, he trained as a goldsmith and gained fame for his portrait medals before receiving imperial patronage. He was also notorious for violent behavior, once being sentenced to the galleys for assaulting a papal jeweler.
Leoni's bronze portrait busts and full-length figures of the Habsburg rulers combine idealized armor with convincingly individual features. His masterwork, the Charles V Restraining Fury at the Prado, features removable armor that reveals a nude classical figure beneath. His son Pompeo Leoni continued the family's work for the Spanish crown.
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About Leone Leoni
Leoni created bronze portraits of Habsburg rulers, including the famous Charles V Restraining Fury at the Prado, which has removable armor revealing a nude classical figure. He was also a master medalist.
The Prado Museum in Madrid holds his major bronzes. Portrait medals are at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
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