MOCHI, Francesco
(b. 1580, Montevarchi, d. 1654, Roma)

Equestrian Statue of Ranuccio Farnese (detail)

1612
Bronze
Piazza Cavalli, Piacenza

The picture shows one of the two reliefs with the Allegory of Good Government on the equestrian statue of Ranuccio Farnese. While the equestrian statue heralds the arrival of the High Baroque, the handling of the reliefs on the base, on the other hand, continues to look to Bolognese classicism.