# Statue of Julius III [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [DANTI, Vincenzo]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary Danti's first important work, the seated bronze statue of Pope Julius III outside the Duomo in Perugia, was commissioned jointly from him and from his father in 1553, but is signed by Vincenzo alone. It was finished by the summer of 1556. The statue is an exuberantly ornate and ambitious work and shows the impact of Guglielmo della Porta's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/porta/guglielm/paul\_iii.html'\)" href="/html/p/porta/guglielm/paul\_iii.html">tomb of Paul III</a> in St Peter's, Rome, underway at the same time. Danti's remarkable low-relief style is already fully evident in the allegorical figures encrusting the Pope's vestments. ## Related artworks - [Beheading of St John the Baptist]() - [Beheading of St John the Baptist]() - [Cosimo I as Augustus]() - [Cosimo I as Augustus]() - [Descent from the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Descent from the Cross]() - [Equity and Rigour]() - [Equity and Rigour]() - [Honour Triumphant over Falsehood \(front view\)]() - [Honour Triumphant over Falsehood \(front view\)]() - [Honour Triumphant over Falsehood \(front view\)]() - [Honour Triumphant over Falsehood \(rear view\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()