BANDINELLI, Baccio
(b. 1488, Firenze, d. 1560, Firenze)

Equestrian Statue of Cosimo

c. 1545
Bronze, height 28 cm
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence

This statue may be connected to a project, never carried out, for an equestrian monument which Bandinelli proposed to the attention of Duke Cosimo. The wooden base inlaid with hard stones was typical of the collection of bronze statuettes belonging to Cosimo I.