Bartolommeo Bandinelli

(1493–1560) Italian sculptor and painter (1488-1560)

Bartolommeo Bandinelli (1493–1560) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a draughtsman, and a designer. By year of birth, Bartolommeo Bandinelli belongs to the chapter ‘Mannerism’ in this site’s history of art.

Bartolommeo Bandinelli was born in Florence and died in Florence. Bartolommeo Bandinelli studied under Giovanni Francesco Rustici. Bartolommeo Bandinelli worked in Florence. Bartolommeo Bandinelli was awarded Order of the Golden Spur. The students included Giovanni Battista Lorenzi, Giovanni Bandini, Bartolomeo Ammannati, and Vincenzo de' Rossi.

The best-known works include ‘Portrait of Michelangelo’, ‘Hercules and Cacus’, ‘Adam and Eve’, and ‘Bacchus’. The catalogue has 23 works by Bartolommeo Bandinelli with free images. The dated works span the years 1512–1558. Works by Bartolommeo Bandinelli are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Berlins kopparstickskabinett, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Giovanni Antonio Sogliani, Innocenzo da Imola, Michelangelo Anselmi, Francesco Melzi, and Bartholomeus Bruyn d.ä..

• Mannerism
• Hercules and Cacus
• Statue of Giovanni delle Bande Nere