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In its coarse execution and cursory simplification of the anatomy of the figures, this drawing is not dissimilar to the handling found in a small group of pen-and-ink drawings generally accepted as by Giambologna. A number of these were included in the exhibition Il Primato del Disegno, held in Florence in 1980. Especially similar in conception is a drawing in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, for Gia
The protagonist of this relief is Francesco de’Medici (1541-1587). His is the figure at the right, whom the gods´ messenger, Mercury, leads by the hand, towards a female figure that has been identified as an embodiment of the city of Florence. On the left of the composition are diverse mythological and allegorical figures, including a fluvial personification who probably represents the Arno River.
