ABSTRACT
Once back in Florence, Guglielmo continued to serve the viceroyal court in Naples, providing it luxury goods produced in Florence. Here he got married and acquired a second chapel in the basilica of Santo Spirito. Getting closer to some members of the Florentine Accademia del Disegno who were reviving the cult of Michelangelo as part of Cosimo I's cultural politics, he commissioned to Taddeo Landini a second copy of a sculpture by Michelangelo: the Minerva Christ. Such commission must be interpreted as a way to pay homage to the artist with whom his cousin had a close relation and, as a result, to Cosimo de’ Medici himself. In this respect, the making of a copy had a dramatically different meaning in comparison to the one made more than thirty years before. Guglielmo tried to achieve senatorial status, but did not succeed. However, some years before his death, he managed to acquire a fief in the Neapolitan Viceroyalty and to become a baron. His new social status is reflected through both the furnishings of his dwelling in Florence and the purchase of two clearly visible houses in Naples, likely where Pierantonio's family lived before his return to Florence.
