# Cosimo I de' Medici in Parade Armour [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CASA, Nicolò della]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Engraving, 435 x 301 mm ## Commentary This engraving shows Cosimo I de' Medici in classical parade armour in a stance that had by this time become standard in Florentine portraiture. The inscription on upper left indicates that the print is based on a design by Baccio Bandinelli, of whom the engraver also did an engraved portrait. Cosimo's armour has a very elaborate decoration including two of Hercules's labour on the leg pieces. ## Related artworks - [Portrait of Baccio Bandinelli]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()