Cosimo I

This bust dates back to about 1544, even though it was first created in an inventory of 1553. It is the first portrait of the Duke of Florence carried out by Bandinelli, who later become Cosimo's favourite portrait artist and the creator of the majority of great projects of that time. The Duke is depicted as a Roman emperor in an ancient armour with the Capricorn on his breast, a symbol that Cosimo had made his own.这件半身像的创作年代约为1544年，尽管它最早见于1553年的一份藏品清单。这是班迪内利（Bandinelli）为佛罗伦萨公爵创作的首幅肖像作品，他日后成为科西莫（Cosimo）最青睐的肖像画家，并主导了当时绝大多数重大艺术项目。画中公爵以罗马皇帝形象示人，身着古式铠甲，胸甲上饰有摩羯座（Capricorn）纹饰——这一科西莫专属的家族象征。