# Bust of Cosimo I [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BANDINELLI, Baccio]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Marble, height 91 cm ## Commentary Bandinelli was the son of a prominent Florentine goldsmith who was in the good graces of the Medici. Baccio remained loyal to the Medici, despite their being in exile from 1494 to 1513, and this led to a flow of commissions after the elections to the papacy of Leo X \(Giovanni de' Medici\) in 1513 and of Clement VII \(Giulio de' Medici\) a decade later; after Cosimo de' Medici became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1537, these increased still further. This political stance made him unpopular with most Florentines, including Michelangelo, who were Republican at heart, and this lay at the root of much of the adverse criticism - not always justified - that greeted Bandinelli's statues. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Alessandro de'Medici]() - [Andrea Doria as Neptune]() - [Apollo]() - [Balustrade in the choir \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici]() - [Bust of Cosimo I de' Medici]() - [Christ Tended by an Angel]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence \(detail\)]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence]() - [Dead Christ Supported by Nicodemus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()