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Baccio Bandinelli (1488-1560) 
Aliases: Bartolomeo Bandinelli; Bartolommeo Bandinelli; Bartolomeo di Michelangelo; Bartolommeo Brandini
Professions: Sculptor; Painter
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- Baccio Bandinelli (1493-1560) Italian, Florence, mid-16th century , Colossal Bust of an Ancient Hero white marble
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AN IMPORTANT OVER-LIFESIZE ITALIAN MARBLE BUST OF A YOUNG MAN, ATTRIBUTED TO BACCIO BANDINELLI(1493-1560), CIRCA 1540-50, FLORENCE
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Attributed to Baccio Bandinelli (Gaiole in Chianti 1488-1560 Florence)
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A nude warrior with a shield reaching up to the left, two crouching nudes to the left
Biography: Bandinelli
(b Gaiole in Chianti, 17 Oct 1488; d Florence, 7 Feb 1560). Italian sculptor, painter and draughtsman. He was the son of Michelagnolo di Viviano (1459–1528), a prominent Florentine goldsmith who was in the good graces of the Medici and who taught Cellini and Raffaello da Montelupo. Baccio remained loyal to the Medici, despite their being in exile from 1494 to 1513, and this led to a flow of commissions after the elections to the papacy of Leo X (Giovanni de’ Medici) in 1513 and of Clement VII (Giulio de’ Medici) a decade later; after Cosimo de’ Medici became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1537, these increased still further. This political stance made him unpopular with most Florentines, including Michelangelo, who were Republican at heart, and this lay at the root of much of the adverse criticism—not always justified—that greeted Bandinelli’s statues.
Grove Art excerpts - Electronic ©2003, Oxford Art Online
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