On-line gallery
- Reference number
- E00274
- Author
- Leoni, Leone (Italian)
- Title
- Empress Isabel
- Chronology
- 1550-1555
- Technique
- Support
- Measures
- 177 cm x 84 cm x 93 cm - 388 kg
- School
- Theme
- Shown
- Yes
- Entrance
- COLECCION REAL
- Procedence
- Royal Collection
The Empress (1503-1539) wears a
luxurious ornamental skirt with
grutesco decorations in fashion
during the fifteen thirties.
Carlos V commissioned Leone Leoni
to make this statue along with
other portraits of the Hapsburgs.
It was carried out years after
Isabel's death, and the artist
based it on certain portraits by
Titian (P415, for example).
Stylistically, it is inspired by
the statue of Margarita de Austria
in the Mausoleum of Maximilian I at
Innsbruck.
Years after it was made, it was
completed by the silversmith,
Felipe Jusarte, who handled the
details of the dress, while the
sculptor, Micale Méndez gave it its
finish.
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