Baccio Bandinelli

Baccio Bandinelli (Florence, 1493 - 1560) is a sculptor and an Italian painter.

Attracted by the monumental sculpture and the imposing effects, he seeks to compete with art of Michel-Angel, but without showing the same genius of it. He carried out remarkable works:

  • the Saint-Pierre of the cathedral of Florence;
  • Hercules and Cacus , colossal group;
  • Orphée , 1519, marble, Florence, palate of the Médicis;
  • Adam and Eve , 1551, marble, Florence, Bargello;
  • tombs of the popes Leon X and Clement VII;
  • a very estimated copy of the famous Laocoon .

Died in 1560, It will not be able to make succeed its project of the fountain of Neptune of the Piazza della Signoria that Bartolomeo Ammannati will realize.

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • Baccio Bandinelli in Artcyclopedia
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