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WelcomeWelcome to this visit that will take you to some of Florence's most beautiful locations, following in the footsteps of Franco-Flemish sculptor, Jean... |
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GiambolognaThe success and career of Jean de Boulogne, are based on a precise historical moment in mid-16th-century Florence. The establishment... |
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Venus of the Grotticella (Fountain of Venus)Venus of the Grotticella (Fountain of Venus)The Venus of the Grotticella is in the part furthest back in the Buontalenti Grotto, built at the wishes of Francesco I. |
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Bust of JupiterBust of JupiterThe colossal figure of the bust of Jupiter, carved from a single block of marble, can be dated back to the period between 1560 and... |
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Oceanus FountainOceanus FountainThe Oceanus Fountain dates back to 1570 and it was initially placed in the centre of the area adjacent to the courtyard of Palazzo Pitti:... |
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Bacchus, Borgo S. JacopoBacchus, Borgo S. JacopoIn 1838, architect Francesco Leoni installed a fountain inside a niche at the base of this tower, the Rossi-Cerchi Tower. This fountain... |
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Palazzo VecchiettiPalazzo VecchiettiThe design for the facade of this, the Florentine home of Senator Bernardo Vecchietti, son of Giovanni, partisan of Duke Cosimo, and of... |
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Coat of Arms of Duke Cosimo De´ MediciCoat of Arms of Duke Cosimo De´ MediciThe coat of arms of Duke Cosimo dates back to approximately 1558, making it most probably the first "public" work by Jean... |
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St LukeSt LukeThe monumental figure of St Luke, patron saint of Art, Magistrates and Notaries, was created for the niche of this guild in the church of... |
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The Rape of the Sabine WomenThe Rape of the Sabine WomenThe right arch in the Loggia della Signoria is dominated by the so-called Rape of the Sabine Women, a technical masterpiece by... |
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Hercules Fighting the Centaur NessusHercules Fighting the Centaur NessusThe Loggia della Signoria also houses the Hercules Fighting the Centaur Nessus, commissioned to... |
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Cosimo ICosimo IThe statue of Cosimo I, which you can see up high, at the end of the Uffizi courtyard, was placed there after the removal, in 1585, of... |
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Florence Triumphant over PisaFlorence Triumphant over PisaThe large Florence Triumphant over Pisa was commissioned to Giambologna in around 1565 by Francesco de' Medici, when he was still regent.... |
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Apollo with His LyreApollo with His LyreThis beautiful spiral invention dates back to between 1573 and 1575 and it served to decorate one of the small niches in the study and... |
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Hercules and the HydraHercules and the HydraThis is a wax model for a bronze or silver group, perhaps one of the six by Giambologna, created in silver in the period 1576 and 1589 by... |
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Equestrian Monument to Cosimo IEquestrian Monument to Cosimo IAn equestrian monument to celebrate Cosimo I had been considered by his son, Francesco since the 1560s, but the project did not come to... |
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OceanusOceanusThe colossal marble statue of Oceanus was completed in the period between 1572 and 1576. The fulcrum of the design was to have been a... |
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BacchusBacchusBacchus is Giambologna's earliest bronze piece to be preserved and it dates back to between 1560 and 1565. |
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ApennineApennineAs can be seen from the rough workmanship, the model is one of the first designs for the famous colossal sculpture, Apennine, monumental... |
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Florence Triumphant over PisaFlorence Triumphant over PisaThe Florence Triumphant over Pisa remained in Palazzo Vecchio from 1589 to 1868, when the Salone... |
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Mercury in FlightMercury in FlightThe Mercury shows a life-sized figure of a sleek youth, created as he takes flight, a young god with his right arm pointing upwards: a... |
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ArchitectureArchitectureThis is a creation from Jean de Boulogne's early period in Florence, which can be dated back to around 1565 and which was made from a... |
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Fishing PuttiFishing PuttiWe know that in the 1560s, Jean Boulogne created a fountain that simulated a rock island for the Casino di San Marco. This was decorated... |
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Kneeling Venus getting dry after a bathKneeling Venus getting dry after a bath... |
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Chapel of Sant'AntoninoChapel of Sant'AntoninoThe Chapel of Sant'Antonino was finished in 1588 and had been commissioned by the Marquises Averardo and Antonio Salviati to house the... |
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Equestrian statue of Ferdinando IEquestrian statue of Ferdinando IAfter Antonio Susini left his workshop, the death of Jacopo Piccardi and Francavilla´s departure for France, Pietro Tacca from Carrara... |
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Giambologna's Burial Chapel (Soccorso or Flemish Chapel) SS AnnuziataGiambologna's Burial Chapel (Soccorso or Flemish Chapel) SS AnnuziataGiambologna's private chapel follows the example set by artists such as Baccio Bandinelli, who also in the church of the Annunziata, was... |
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Giambologna's House, Borgo Pinti 26Giambologna's House, Borgo Pinti 26After staying with Vecchietti, living in Via dello Studio and then in a tower-house in Borgo San Jacopo, in 1587 Giambologna moved to... |