Vincenzo de' Rossi
Vincenzo de' Rossi (b. Fiesole, 1525. d. Florence, 1587) was an Italian sculptor.
Work
Rossi was mentored by
Baccio Bandinelli
.
Many of Rossi's works historically were incorrectly attributed to Michelangelo, such as Dying Adonis.[1]
Some of his most famous works were his sculptures of the Twelve Labours of Hercules, of which he only completed seven.[2][1] Six of these sculptures are located in at the Palazzo Vecchio.[2] The seventh labour, Hercules with Atlas, is located at the Villa di Poggio Imperiale.
His statue "St. Joseph with Christ as a Child" resides in the Pantheon in Rome.[3]
References
- ^ JSTOR 3048869.
- ^ a b Ritz, JoAnn (10 September 2013). "The Labours of Hercules in Palazzo Vecchio". Florence Inferno. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ https://findit.library.yale.edu/catalog/digcoll:1860955