Works by Pierino da Vinci

Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Piero Da Vinci, known to his contemporaries as Pierino, represents an ideal trait d’union between Leonardo (Pierino’s uncle) and Michelangelo, from whom as a sculptor Pierino drew his principal inspiration. Works attributable to him may be found in Pisa (La Dovizia) and in Florence (in the Bargello, the Palazzo Vecchio, and the Palazzo Pitti, as well as in the gardens of the Boboli and of the Villa Medicea di Castello).
Some of Pierino’s works were long attributed to Michelangelo, including bas reliefs depicting Cosimo and Pisa Restored (Vatican Museums), the Death of Count Ugolino (copies of which exist in various collections), and a Madonna with the Infant Jesus, the young Saint John the Baptist, and Two Saints (formerly in the Bargello Museum). Pierino also executed a copy of the Moses sculpted by Michelangelo for the tomb of Pope Julius II, which has unfortunately been lost.