Hercules and Diomedes bonded marble statue. Classic mythological sculpture (1550) by Vincenzo de' Rossi (1525-1587), in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence.A Renaissance image celebrating the strength and beauty of the human form, this museum-quality sculpture depicts one of the twelve mythic labors of Hercules. The artist, a student of Michelangelo, was commissioned to sculpt the myth in which Hercules throws Diomedes to his own man-eating mares. Cast in bonded natural marble, each detail is finished with care.