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

Project for the tombs of Leo X and Clement VII

1533-35
Drawing and watercolour
Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid

Before the death of Clement VII in late 1534, Bandinelli made models in wood and wax (untraced) for his tomb and one for Leo X, but by 1536 the architectural design was allocated instead to Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, with only the statues and reliefs being reserved for Baccio.




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