Biography

Florentine sculptor in bronze, the chief pupil and follower of Giambologna. After the latter's death Tacca completed a number of his works and succeeded him as sculptor to the Medici Grand Dukes of Tuscany. Tacca's works for them include his masterpieces, the four Slaves (1615-24) at the foot of Bandinelli's statue of Ferdinand I de' Medici at Livorno.