Tomb of Pietro Strozzi - GIULIO ROMANO - WGA
Tomb of Pietro Strozzi by GIULIO ROMANO
Tomb of Pietro Strozzi by GIULIO ROMANO

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.

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