Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence (detail)
by BANDINELLI, Baccio, Marble
The sharp turn of the head, a motif found in many of Bandinelli’s works, is meant to make Cosimo appear decisive; it appropriately echoes the pose of Michelangelo’s Giuliano de’ Medici in the Medici Chapel of the church of San Lorenzo, Florence.