Orpheus (or Apollo)
by BERTOLDO DI GIOVANNI, Bronze, height 45 cm
Bertoldo was an exploiter of the techniques developed by Donatello. His figurine Orpheus, shown playing a lira da braccio, illustrates the type of bronze created for the Medici circle. It is an unfinished cast with serious cracks, but Bertoldo treated it to a wealth of varied tooling before he abandoned it.