Carlos V; escultura; furor; Leoni; dios; romano; helenismo; bronce; siglo XVI; Museo del Prado; Pompeo; Leone - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 14:39:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Carlos V; escultura; furor; Leoni; dios; romano; helenismo; bronce; siglo XVI; Museo del Prado; Pompeo; Leone - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Charles V and the furore https://historylab.es/charles-v-and-the-furore/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=charles-v-and-the-furore Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:32 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/carlos-v-y-el-furor/ Bronze sculpture made by the Leone family with Charles V as the main character, portrayed in divine style, with the possibility of removing his armour at will

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]]> In 1549 Charles V commissioned Leone Leoni to create a group of sculptures of himself and Isabella of Portugal (who had died years earlier). The work presented was Leoni’s first monumental sculpture, which, in his own words, was to bring him fame. The artist consulted Granvela from Milan to obtain permission from the emperor to enlarge the sculpture with the figure of the Furar, which for the sculptor he called a capriccio. It is clear from the letter that the Furar was to replace the representation of the emperor’s victories or a subdued province. In June, he was consulted again for a new capriccio: to give the sculpture a suit of armour that could be put on or taken off at will, combining two traditions: the Hellenistic armed portrait adopted in Rome and the nude reserved for the gods and emperors. Leoni received the relevant authorisations. In 1556 the sculpture, together with other portraits, was presented to Charles V in Brussels, although it was not completed until 1564 in Madrid. Leoni conceived the figure of the emperor alone and naked, then the fury and finally the armour, after a stay in Augsburg between January and March 1551.

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