Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici
Image View:
Overall view from left side
Creator:
Baccio Bandinelli (Italian sculptor, 1488-1560)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale del Bargello (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Via del Proconsolo 4
GPS:
43.770423 11.257947
Date:
ca. 1543-1544 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Subjects:
portrait; rulers and leaders; Cosimo I, Grand-Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574; Medici family
Description:
Over the years, Bandinelli created a unique, even idiosyncratic, Mannerist style and achieved considerable success, yet constantly strove to emerge from Michelangelo’s shadow. After the eighteen-year-old Cosimo de’ Medici became duke of Florence in 1537, the sculptor found increasing favor in his native city as well as in Rome. Duke Cosimo’s antique regalia of a cuirass has ancient imperial associations. From the beginning of his reign Cosimo was particularly eager to be compared with Augustus Caesar. (Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art [website]; http://www.metmuseum .org)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A1-BANDINELLI-MB-C- A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici