Piazza de San Lorenzo
Florence Italy
2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_Giovanni_delle_Bande_Nere,_Florence


The Monument to Giovanni delle Bande Nere is an Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble, by Baccio Bandinelli and his workshop, now in Piazza San Lorenzo in Florence, Tuscany, Italy.

The imposing Giovanni sits, somewhat uncomfortably, wearing a metallic cuirass on his torso. Without a helmet or army boots, he holds a baton of command on his knee. The plinth is almost more decorative with festoons and bucranium, and Doric columns at the corners. One bas-relief appears to show soldiers bringing booty and captives before a sitting ruler. Others depict the Medici coat of arms. The corners have doric pilaster-columns.

Piazza San Lorenzo is a city square in Florence, Italy, with the Basilica di San Lorenzo situated at the centre.