hercules and cacus sculpure florence

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Hercules and Cacus is a white sculpture to the right of the entrance of the Palazzo Vecchio in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. Hercules and Cacus by Baccio Bandinelli, Piazza della Signoria, Florence. This work by the Florentine artist Baccio Bandinelli (1525Ã¢â¬â1534) was commissioned as a pendant to David, which had been commissioned by the republican counsel of Florence, under Piero Soderini (gonfaloniere for life), to commemorate the victory over the Medici.