# Empress Isabella [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEONI, Leone]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Bronze, height 177 cm ## Commentary Leone's period at court resulted in commissions from the Emperor and his sister Mary of Hungary for medals, portrait busts and statues of members of the imperial family. The most notable of these are the bronze bust of Mary, Queen of Hungary \(1550-53; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna\); and the bronze statues of Empress Isabella \(1555\), Mary, Queen of Hungary \(c. 1549-53\) and Philip II \(1549-51; all in Prado\). The Empress \(1503-1539\) wears a luxurious ornamental skirt with grotesque decorations in fashion during the 1530s. Charles V commissioned Leone Leoni to make this statue along with other portraits of the Habsburgs. It was carried out years after Isabella's death, and the artist based it on portraits by Titian. Years after it was made, the statue was completed by the silversmith, Felipe Jusarte, who handled the details of the dress, while the sculptor, Micael Méndez gave it its finish. ## Related artworks - [Andrea Doria \(obverse\), Leone Leoni \(reverse\)]() - [Bust of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V]() - [Bust of Mary of Hungary as Widow]() - [Bust of Mary of Hungary]() - [Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]() - [Emperor Charles V]() - [Empress Isabella]() - [Façade of the Casa degli Omenoni \(detail\)]() - [Façade of the Casa degli Omenoni \(detail\)]() - [Façade of the Casa degli Omenoni]() - [Ferrante Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla \(back side\)]() - [Ferrante Gonzaga, Count of Guastalla \(front side\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()