FEDERIGHI, Antonio
(b. ca. 1420, Siena, d. 1483)

Stoup (2, detail)

1858-67
Marble
Duomo, Siena

The four bound, nude figures ornamenting the neck of one of the basins are sometimes cited as the modest precursors of Michelangelo's Slaves (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence) for the tomb of Julius II.