LEONI, Pompeo
(b. 1533, d. 1608, Madrid)

Bust of Philip II

1570s
Marble, height 98 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pompeo Leoni completed many works by his father, Leone Leoni, that were destined for the Spanish court and executed many commissions of his own design for Philip II (r. 1556-1598). The king wears the chain and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece.