Four Male Heads

Four Male Heads by Baccio Bandinelli

Medium

pen and brown ink on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 35.56 × 26.99 cm (14 × 10 5/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Department

CG-E

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2022.159.1

About the Artist

Baccio Bandinelli · 14931560

Bandinelli was the son of Michelangelo de'Brandini, a successful Florentine goldsmith. Baccio was a loyal subject of the Medici, even when they were in exile 1494-1513; consequently he was rewarded by receiving commissions after the elections to the papacy of Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici) and Clement VII (Giulio de' Medici), and after Cosimo de' Medici became Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1537. His polit...

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