Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici - BANDINI, Giovanni - WGA
Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici by BANDINI, Giovanni
Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici by BANDINI, Giovanni

Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici

by BANDINI, Giovanni, Marble, height 86 cm (without socle)

In Bandini’s existing busts of the Grand Duke, the sitter is dressed all’antica, an emulation of Roman imperial portraiture in keeping with Cosimo’s view of himself as an Augustus reborn, and he is shown as aloof, expressionless and virtually static, with only a hint of movement in the turn of the head.

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