# Bust of Bindo Altoviti [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CELLINI, Benvenuto]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Bronze, height 105 cm ## Commentary Bindo Altoviti was a wealthy Florentine banker. His father had set up a bank in Rome, but he died in 1507, leaving the 16-year-old Bindo as head of the family business. His business with the papal court required his presence in Rome. He was a patron and collector of works of art and, at the end of his life, proud opponent to the principality of Cosimo I de' Medici, in the name of his republican ideas. Bindo was a friend of many important artists of his time, including Raphael, Michelangelo, Cellini and Vasari. The <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raphael/5roma/2/01altovi.html'\)" HREF="/html/r/raphael/5roma/2/01altovi.html">portrait of the young Altoviti</A> was painted by Raphael. ## Related artworks - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth \(detail\)]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth]() - [Apollo and Hyacinth]() - [Apollo]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Danaë]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Jupiter]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Mercury]() - [Base of the statue of Perseus: Minerva]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() - [Bust of Cosimo I \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()