After pierino da vinci; Stucco gilded Italian (florentine) 16c first half

Relief in gilded stucco. In the centre the city of Pisa, personified by a half-kneeling female figure holding a shield, is shown rising at the behest of Cosimo de' Medici, who is represented in profile to theright with a baton in his entended right hand. In the left centre foreground is the reclining figure of the River Arno. To the left is a group of figures representing the virtues and benefits introduced by Cosimo de' Medici into Pisa, and to the right is a second group representing the vices and defects which he expels. In the left upper corner is a flying putto holding a crown. A second flying figure appears in the upper cornaer on the right. In the background is a galleon in a marine landscape. The scene is contained in a receding frame which is moulded in one with the relief. The top and sides of the rame are decorated with a leaf moulding and the bottom is plain.

Given by Mrs Sigismund Goetze.

This relief in gilded stucco depicts Cosimo de' Medici as the Patron of Pisa. In the centre the city of Pisa is shown, personified as a half-kneeling female figure holding a shield, rising at the behest of Cosimo de' Medici who is represented in profile to the right with a baton in his extended right hand. In the left centre foregroun, there is a reclining figure symbolising the River Arno. To the left of the relief there is a group of figures representing the virtues and benefits introduced by Cosimo de' Medici into Pisa and to the right there is a second geoup representing the vices and defects which he expelled.

The composition of this stucco relief is identical with that of a marble relief in the Vatican collections and was probably cast from this object.

A.3-1945