Tomb of Pietro Strozzi
by GIULIO ROMANO, Marble
This is an unusual monument made for Pietro Strozzi who died in 1529. The four caryatids usurp the traditional place of virtues and support a heavy entablature carrying a sarcophagus with the Strozzi crescent moons and the effigy of the deceased dressed in a toga and sandals. Each caryatid, similar except in pose, has a basket on her head, like the echinus of a capital. The front two are freestanding; those against the wall carved in relief.