Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574), Duke of Florence, Baccio Bandinelli, 1539–40

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Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574), Duke of Florence, 1539–40, Italian, Florence, Marble, Overall (confirmed): H. 31 1/2 x W. 30 7/8 x D. 12 in. (80 x x cm), Sculpture, Baccio Bandinelli (Italian, Gaiole in Chianti 1493–1560 Florence), In 1534, in rivalry with Michelangelo, Baccio Bandinelli carved the colossal Hercules and Cacus, a marble group that confronted the older sculptor’s famous David (finished in 1504) on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence

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