Hercules and Cacus
16th-century sculpturesMonuments and memorials in FlorenceOutdoor sculptures in FlorenceRenaissance sculpturesSculptures of Heracles
Hercules and Cacus is an Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. It has a complicated and highly political history, but the finished work is by the Florentine sculptor Baccio Bandinelli mostly from 1525 to completion in 1534. It was commissioned as a pendant to Michelangelo's David, which had been commissioned by the republican council of Florence, under Piero Soderini (gonfaloniere for life), to commemorate the victory over the Medici.
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Piazzale degli Uffizi, Florence Quartiere 1
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N 43.769166666667 ° | E 11.255833333333 ° |
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Loggia dei Lanzi (Loggia della Signoria)
Piazzale degli Uffizi
50122 Florence, Quartiere 1
Tuscany, Italy
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