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| image              = Pietro francavilla, statua di cosimo I e fontana del gobbo, 1596, 02.jpg
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| caption            = Statue of Cosimo I in Knights' Square
| artist             = [[Pietro Francavilla]]
| year               = {{start date|1596}} 
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| movement           =Late Mannerist
| subject            = Cosimo I de' Medici
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| museum             = Knights' Square
| city               = Pisa
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The statue of [[Cosimo I de' Medici]] stands in the middle of [[Knights' Square (Pisa)|Knights' Square]] of [[Pisa]], just in front of [[Palazzo della Carovana]].

The Grand Duke Cosimo is represented in the robes of Grand Master, standing on a high [[pedestal]], in the act of subduing a [[dolphin]], symbol of his domination over the seas. The fountain, in front of the pedestal, was also erected by Francavilla. It has a basin in the form of a shell decorated with two grotesque monsters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Piazza dei Cavalieri in Pisa {{!}} Visit Tuscany |url=https://www.visittuscany.com/en/attractions/piazza-dei-cavalieri-in-pisa/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=www.visittuscany.com |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
It was commissioned by [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Grand Duke Ferdinando I]] in 1596 to the Franco-Flemish sculptor [[Pietro Francavilla]], who executed it in the elegant [[Mannerism|Late Mannerist]] tradition. The statue celebrates Ferdinando's father as the first Grand Master of the Order of the [[Knights of St. Stephen]] and is a civic symbol of the hegemony of [[Florence]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Knights' Square, Pisa, Italy - What to see in Piazza dei Cavalieri |url=https://lovefromtuscany.com/where-to-go/cities-in-tuscany/pisa/piazza-dei-cavalieri/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Love From Tuscany |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany - Pisa, Italy |url=https://www.italyguides.it/en/tuscany/pisa/piazza-dei-cavalieri/statue-of-cosimo-i-de-medici |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=ItalyGuides.it |language=en-us}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Pietro_Francavilla%2C_statua_di_cosimo_I_01.JPG|Statue
Image:Pietro_Francavilla%2C_statua_di_cosimo_I_02.JPG|Fountain
Image:Pisa.Cosimo de Medici.jpg|With [[Palazzo dell'Orologio]]
</gallery>

[[Category:Statues in Italy|Cosimo I]]
[[Category:16th-century sculptures]]
[[Category:Sculptures of men in Italy]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Florence]]
[[Category:Fountains in Italy]]
[[Category:Sculptures of dolphins]]
[[Category:Animal sculptures in Italy]]

== References ==
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