LA VENERE de' MEDICI, La Tribuna

Speranza

At some time in the late Cinquecento, the MEDICI had acquired A VENERE and taken it to the villa on the PINCIO.

Before long, the VENERE de' MEDICI would to eclipse the fame of "L'APOLLO DEL BELVEDERE" and "IL LACCOONTE (e il suo figlio) -- the older son is a later addition.