When this bronze sculpture was placed in the Pallazo Vecchio, Cosimo I, a patron of Cellini, was worried about how the public would react to this piece. However, when it was installed, the public took this piece well. During the time that this work had been created, bronze had not been used as a form of art for at least a century. By choosing to make this statue out of bronze, Cellini took a risk. But his risk payed off. His thoughts when he first started to make this statue was that by using bronze, he would literally pour molten hot life into his work. He not only proved himself to Cosimo I, but he also proved himself to Florence.