Idolino

Originally thought to be a statue of Bacchus, it is now believed to have been used to hold an oil lamp at dinner parties.

The statue is on a bronze and silver base, 152 cm high, made in 1530-40 by Aurelio, Ludovico, and Girolamo Lombardo.

The pedestal is assembled from four large sections of hollow, four-sided moldings; its ornamental vocabulary suggests an altar.

[6] The statue was unearthed in 1530 in a Roman villa in Pesaro and came into the possession of Francesco Maria I della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino.

In 1630, the statue was bequeathed by the Medici and transferred to Florence as a gift celebrating the wedding of Vittoria della Rovere and Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany.