Bust of Brutus
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Bust of Brutus
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Published 2017-08-02T16:46:08+00:00
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The historian Donato Gioannotti, an anti-Medici republican exile living in Rome, ordered this statue. It was to have been a gift to his friend Cardinal Ridolfi, in the name of their shared political ideals symbolized by Brutus who killed a tyrant. It was also a clear allusion to the recent murder of duke Alessandro de' Medici (1537) by his cousin, Lorenzino - the "Tuscan Brutus". The boldly turned head (unfinished) emanates both moral and physical strength.
Buonarroti's pupil Tiberio Calcagni completed the sculpture.
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| Date published | 02/08/2017 |
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| Title | Bust of Brutus |
| Date | 1539 |
| Period | Renaissance |
| Medium | Marble |
| Artist | Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni |
| Place | National Museum of Bargello |
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