Bartolomeo Ammannati
…originally given to the aged Bartolommeo Bandinelli; however when Bandinelli died, Ammannati's design bested the submissions of Benvenuto Cellini and Vincenzo Danti, resulting in Ammanati gaining the commission. From 1563 and 1565, Ammannati and his assistants, among them Giambologna, sculpted the block of marble…