Tomb of Piero Soderini
by BENEDETTO DA ROVEZZANO, Marble
Piero di Tommaso Soderini was Florentine statesman. He was descended from an old Florentine family that had become famous in medicine. In 1502, after the expulsion of Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici and the martyrdom of Savonarola, he was elected gonfalonier for life by the Florentines, who wished to give greater stability to their republican institutions.
The tomb of Soderini in Santa Maria del Carmine was damaged and rebuilt in the 18th century.