# Cosimo I Triumphant over Siena [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIAMBOLOGNA]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Bronze, height 30 cm ## Commentary In 1589, Ferdinando I de' Medici married Christina of Lorraine. When their wedding procession turned at the Canto de' Carnesecchi in Florence, it passed through a triumphal gateway. This was an ephemeral construction, and no trace of it remained by 1600 when Giambologna unveiled his marble Hercules and the Centaur at the Canto de' Carnesecchi. Still, the relief Giambologna eventually added to the side of the Equestrian Portrait of Cosimo I underscored the importance of gateways to the idea of 'entrata', the procession that established the advent of a new ruler. ## Related artworks - [Abduction Scene]() - [Allegory of Astronomy]() - [Allegory of Francesco I de' Medici]() - [Allegory of Prince Francesco I de Medici]() - [Altar of Liberty]() - [Altar of Liberty]() - [Angel]() - [Apollo]() - [Appenine \(detail\)]() - [Appenine]() - [Appenine]() - [Architecture]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()