# Bust of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SANGALLO, Francesco da]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary Bust of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere c. 1530 Marble Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence After executing in 1522 the medal of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, leader of the Florentine troops and father of the future duke Cosimo I de' Medici, Francesco was commissioned to make a marble bust depicting Bande Nere, who died prematurely in 1526. The work, one of the most appreciated of Francesco's portraiture, stands out for the heroic and idealized interpretation of the figure, whose face is marked by the proud and austere gaze. There is some typological resemblance between the bust and Pontormo's painted portraits. ## Related artworks - [Bust of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere]() - [Dormition of the Virgin]() - [Funeral monument to Giovanni da Castro]() - [Mary and Joseph Completing the Census]() - [Monument to Angelo Marzi \(detail\)]() - [Monument to Angelo Marzi]() - [Monument to Angelo Marzi]() - [Monument to Paolo Giovio \(detail\)]() - [Monument to Paolo Giovio]() - [Portrait of Francesco del Fede]() - [Self-Portrait]() - [Tomb of Leonardo Buonafede \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()