Baccio Bandinelli

Italian Artist · 1493–1560

4 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Few artists have been as reviled by their peers as Baccio Bandinelli. Megalomania, greed, social climbing--these were his most conspicuous characteristics. For Bandinelli, wealth, nobility, and literary prowess were ways of proving that artists were more than mere craftsmen. Unfortunately, rather than concentrating on creating his best art, the talented sculptor squandered his time and gifts schem