San Lorenzo in Firenze in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze, Tuscany, Italy — Southern and Western Europe (Mediterranean)
Giovanni delle Bande Nere Statue
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 24, 2025
1. Giovanni dalle Bande Nere Statue Marker
Una parte di questo monumento destinato da Cosimo Primo ad onorare la memoria del Padre Giovanni delle Bande Nere lungamente non curata qui stette e il volgo la chiamoʻla base di San Lorenzo. Restaurata nell'anno MDCCCL e postavi la statua del gran capitano ebbe alfine compimento la pregevole opera scolpita dal Bandinelli
A portion of this monument, intended by Cosimo I to honor the memory of Father Giovanni delle Bande Neri, remained here for a long time untended, and the common people called it the Base of San Lorenzo. When it was restored in the year 1850 and the statue of the great captain was placed there, the valuable work sculpted by Bandinelli was finally complete.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1540.
Location. 43° 46.499′ N, 11° 15.3′ E. Marker is in Firenze, Toscana (Tuscany), in Cittΰ Metropolitana di Firenze. It is in San Lorenzo. It is on Piazza di San Lorenzo. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Firenze, Toscana 50123, Italy. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Europe, the European Union, the Schengen Area, a coastal Mediterranean country, and the Western World. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire, and specifically the Holy Roman Empire.
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More about this marker. The statue features delle Bande Nere wearing armor in a seated position, holding a command baton with his right hand. The front of the statue base features bas-relief of a battle scene; Medici coats of arms are on the side panels of the statue, and the text inscribed above is on the rear.
Regarding Giovanni delle Bande Nere Statue. Cosimo de Medici commissioned the statue to honor his father, the Italian military figure Giovanni delle Bande Nere, in 1540. The artist Baccio Bandinelli completed the statue before he died in 1560. The statue was then placed in the Palazzo Vecchio, where it remained in its large hall for almost 300 years,
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 24, 2025
2. Giovanni delle Bande Nere Statue
Born with the name Ludovico de' Medici, delle Bande Nere was the great-great-grandson of Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, the founder of the Medici Bank. Delle Bande Nere gained fame as a military leader in the Italian Wars, during which he fought on behalf of his Medici cousins, Pope Leo X and Pope Clement VII. On November 30, 1526, delle Bande Nere died at age 28 after being hit by a cannon shot five days earlier. His son Cosimo, who erected this statue, later became Duke of Florence and eventually Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Also see . . .
1. Monument to Giovanni delle Bande Nere, Florence (Wikipedia). (Submitted on August 14, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
2. History of Giovanni dalle Bande Nere.
Excerpt: "He is known as the last of the great Italian Condottiero of the Renaissance, being the symbol of the end of the heavy chivalry age and the introduction of the fire weapons such as the mobile field cannon."(Submitted on August 14, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.)
Photographed by Sean P. Flynn, July 24, 2025
3. Giovanni delle Bande Nere Statue
Carlo Portelli, courtesy of Minneapolis Institute of Arts (via Wikipedia), circa 1565
4. Giovanni delle Bande Nere (1498-1526)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 16, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 218 times since then and 108 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 13, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 2, 3. submitted on August 14, 2025, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. 4. submitted on February 10, 2026, by Sean P. Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.
