BANDINELLI, Baccio
(b. 1493, Firenze, d. 1560, Firenze)

Alessandro de'Medici

1542-47
Marble
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

The figure of Alessandro de'Medici, at right to the seated Pope Leo X on the Udienza, was derived from Donatello's marble St George (Florence, Bargello) but is risibly inferior to it in conviction and characterization.




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