Between 1493 and 1494 he bought a block of marble, and carved a larger than life statue of Hercules, which was sent to France and subsequently disappeared sometime circa 18th century.
V naslednjih mesecih je klesal polikromatsko leseno "Križanje" (1493), kot darilo priorju firenške cerkve "Santo Spirito", ker mu je dovolil narediti nekaj anatomskih študij na truplih bolnišnične cerkve.