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Bartolommeo (or Baccio) Bandinelli, actually Bartolommeo Brandini (October 17, 1488 - February 7, 1560), was a prominent Renaissance Florentine sculptor and painter. October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events February 3 - Bartolomeu Dias of Portugal lands in Mossel Bay after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, at the tip of Africa becoming the first known European to travel this far south. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 27 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation of Scotland The first tulip bulb was brought from Turkey to the Netherlands. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

Biography

Bandinelli was the son of a prominent goldsmith,^[1] and first apprenticed in his shop. As a boy, he was apprenticed under Giovanni Francesco Rustici, a sculptor friend of Leonardo da Vinci. Among his earliest works was a Saint Jerome in wax, made for Giuliano de' Medici, identified as Bandinelli's by John Pope-Hennessy A goldsmith creating a new ring A goldsmith is a metalworker who specializes in working with precious metals, usually to make jewelry. ... Giovanni Francesco Rustici (1474 â€” 1554) was a Florentine painter[1] and sculptor of the Italian Renaissance. ... Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (April 15, 1452 â€“ May 2, 1519) was an Italian polymath: architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, mathematician, musician, and painter. ... Portrait of Giuliano de Medici by Raphael. ... John Wyndham, Sir Pope-Hennessy (1913 - 1994) was a British art historian. ...

Giorgio Vasari claimed Bandinelli was driven by jealousy of Benvenuto Cellini and Michelangelo; and recounts that: Giorgio Vasaris selfportrait Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ... Gold Salt cellar by Cellini Benvenuto Cellini (November 3, 1500 â€“ February 13, 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier and musician of the Renaissance. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 â€“ February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect and poet. ...

"(When) the cartoon of Michelangelo in the Council Hall ("Battle of Cascina" at Palazzo Vecchio)[1] was uncovered, and all the artists ran to copy it, and Baccio (most frequently) among (them),... having counterfeited the key of the chamber. In ... 1512, Piero Soderini was deposed and the ... Medici reinstated. In the tumult, therefore, Baccio, being by himself, secretly cut the cartoon into several pieces."

"Some said he did it that he might have a piece of the cartoon always near him, and others that he wanted to prevent other youths from making use of it; others again say that he did it out of affection for Lionardo da Vinci, or from the hatred he bore to Michael Angelo. The loss anyhow to the city was no small one, and Baccio's fault very great."

His sculptures have never matched the admiration given those of Michelangelo, specially the colossal (5.05 m) marble group of Hercules and Cacus (completed in 1534) in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, and Adam and Eve in the Museo Nazionale del Bargello, which both stand within sight of some of Michelangelo's masterworks. Hercules and the Nemean Lion (detail), silver plate, 6th century BC (Cabinet des MÃ©dailles, Paris) Hercules is the Latin name used in Rome for the divinity corresponding to the Greek mythological hero Heracles (or Herakles). ... In Greek mythology, Cacus was a fire-breathing giant. ... The Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. ...

Hercules and Cacus was commissioned by the Medici pope Clement VII, who had been shown a wax model. The supplied block of Carrara marble wasn't big enough to execute Bandinelli's wax model. He had to make new wax models, one of which was chosen by the pope as the final draft. Bandinelli had already carved the sculpture as far as the abdomen of Hercules, when during the 1527 Sack of Rome, the pope was taken prisoner. Meanwhile, in Florence, republican enemies of the Medici took advantage of the chaos to exile Ippolito de' Medici. Bandinelli, a supporter of the Medici, was also exiled. In 1530 Emperor Charles V retook Florence after a long siege. Pope Clement VII subsequently installed his illegitimate son Alessandro de Medici as duke of Tuscany. Bandinelli then returned to Florence and continue work on the statue till completed in 1534, and transported from the Opera del Duomo to its present marble pedestal. But from the moment it was unveiled, it faced ridicule; Cellini compared the ponderous group to 'a sac full of melons'. Afterwards, the Bandinelli tried to sabotage Cellini's career. The statue was restored between February and April 1994. The Medici coat of arms The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family from the 13th to 17th century. ... For the antipope (1378-1394) see Antipope Clement VII. Pope Clement VII Clement VII, né Giulio di Giuliano de Medici (1478 – September 25, 1534) was pope from 1523 to 1534. ... Carrara is a city in the Massa Carrara province of Tuscany, Italy, famous for the white or blue-gray marble quarried there. ... The city of Rome has been sacked on several occasions. ... Ippolito de Medici (1511-1535) was the illegitimate only son of Cardinal Giuliano de Medici. ... Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. ... This article is on the first Duke of Florence. ... For the WWII naval operation, see Operation Pedestal Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedestallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to a support, square, octagonal or circular on plan, provided to carry a statue or a vase. ... Gold Salt cellar by Cellini Benvenuto Cellini (November 3, 1500 â€“ February 13, 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, painter, sculptor, soldier and musician of the Renaissance. ...

Among Bandinelli's pupils were Giorgio Vasari and Francesco de' Rossi (Il Salviati). His sons Clemente Bandinelli and Michelangelo Bandinelli were also sculptors. Giorgio Vasaris selfportrait Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (Arezzo, Tuscany July 3, 1511 - Florence, June 27, 1574) was an Italian painter and architect, mainly known for his famous biographies of Italian artists. ... Franscesco de Rossi (known by many names, prominently the adopted name Francesco Salviati or as Il Salviati, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati) was a prominent Mannerist painter of Florence. ...

Hercules and Cacus (1534). Piazza della Signoria, Florence

Among Baccio Bandinelli's works are: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 504 KB) Hercules and cacus by Bartolommeo Bandinelli; Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy Own photo - photo made on 12 October 2005 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (960x1280, 504 KB) Hercules and cacus by Bartolommeo Bandinelli; Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy Own photo - photo made on 12 October 2005 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not...

copy of Laocoon, at the time in the Cortile del Belvedere, commissioned by Pope Leo X as a gift to François I. Bandinelli boasted that he would exceed the original, and when he was finished, after a hiatus during the pontificate of Adrian VI, the Medici Pope Clement VII could not bear to part with it, sent some antiquities to the King of France in its stead, and sent Baccio's Laocoon to Florence. It remains at the Uffizi.
Monument to Giovanni delle Bande Nere, a seated figure on a magnificent pedestal, in piazza San Lorenzo, Florence
Pietà in the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence, where Bandinelli portrayed himself in the figure of Joseph of Arimathea. Bandinelli is buried in the chapel, with his wife Giacoma Doni.
Ceres and Apollo (1552-1556) for niches in the façade of Buontalenti's grotto in the Boboli Gardens
Orpheus for Palazzo Vecchio, now in the courtyard of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. One of Bandinelli's few signed works.
Works for the Duomo, Florence, including the high altar and its Adam and Eve (1551), now in the Bargello; much-praised bas-reliefs made for the enclosure of the choir, designed by the architect Giuliano di Baccio d'Angnolo (1555), now in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo; Saint Peter, one of eight apostles by various sculptors in the piers of the crossing.
Works in Palazzo Vecchio, including, in the Audience Hall, a statue of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici and one of Pope Leo X blessing (finished after Bandinelli's death by Vincenzo de' Rossi)
God the Father (1549) in Santa Croce cloister
In the Bargello are also a number of lesser works: Noah (bas-relief), portrait busts of Eleonora di Toledo and Cosimo I de' Medici, Venus, Leda, Hercules, Bacchus Cleopatra and a portrait bust of an unknown man.

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References

Giorgio Vasari, Vite...: Baccio Bandinelli. The classic brief anecdotal account of Baccio's career.
Touring Club Italiano, Firenze e Dintorni (1922) 1964.

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