# High Altar [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [LEONI, Leone]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Gilt bronze ## Commentary The last decade of Leone's life was occupied by his first major commission \(1579\) for the Habsburgs since the death of Charles V in 1558. This was for 15 colossal gilt-bronze statues for the high altar retable in the Capilla Mayor at the Escorial, near Madrid. Undertaken with Pompeo, this was the crowning achievement of his career. The majestic, broadly conceived statues convey the heroic vigour of the Counter-Reformation Church and are important prototypes for similar stylistic developments in Rome. ## 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]() - [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 \(back side\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()