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Lady with a Posy
This bust (1474), attributed to
Andrea Verrocchio (1435-88),
may have been done
in collaboration
with Leonardo
da Vinci.
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Room of the Small
Bronzes
Ivory Saddle
Made for the Medici,
this saddle inlaid
with ivory was used
during jousts in
15th-century
Florence.
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David
This famous bronze by
Donatello (1450) was
the first nude statue
by a Western artist since
Classical times
(see pp46-7).
Upper Loggia
Donatello Room
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Baptistry Doors
Competition Panel
Brunelleschi's bronze panel
depicting Abraham about to
slay Isaac was made in
1401 for the Baptistry doors
competition
(see p66)
.
Islamic Collection
The Bargello
has a
daunting and heavily
fortified façade.
BARGELLO PRISON
Among the notorious figures
executed here was Bernardo
Baroncelli. He went to the
gallows in 1478 for his part
in the failed attempt to
assassinate Lorenzo the
Magnificent in the Pazzi
conspiracy
(see p49)
.
Baroncelli's body, hanging
from a window in the
Bargello as a warning
to other anti-Medici
conspirators, was sketched
by Leonardo da Vinci.
STAR EXHIBITS
. Baptistry Doors
Competition Panel
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David by
Donatello
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Bacchus by
Michelangelo
