• Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli, Piazza della Signoria, Florence. Hercules and Cacus is an Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble to the right of the entrance...
  • The artistic representation of this story in the Hercules and Cacus sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli showcases the artist’s admiration and rivalry with Michelangelo.
  • From the block Bandinelli produced his Hercules and Cacus which stands now in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
  • Hercules and Cacus, Hendrick Goltzius (Netherlandish, Mühlbracht 1558–1617 Haarlem), Chiaroscuro woodcut in green/yellow-green.
  • This chiaroscuro woodcut portrays Hercules’s heroic battle against Cacus, a murderous, flame-breathing giant.
  • Top: Detail of Hercules' face in Bandinelli's Hercules and Cacus (1525-34) Bottom: Detail of Bandinelli's Self-portrait (1555-7).
  • Bandinelli’s treatment of Hercules’ victory over the hulking monster Cacus is marked by a truly baroque pathos.
  • Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli stands 505 centimeters (198.81 inches) tall which makes it only slightly shorter than Michelangelo’s David at 517...
  • Bandinelli got his hands on the marble once again and finally completed the 10-foot sculpture of Hercules and Cacus in 1534.