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Ammanati was a Mannerist sculptor and architect. He studied and worked in Venice and Rome before settling in Florence in 1555. His most important works are in the latter city. Ammanati's masterpiece is the gracefully arched Ponte Santa Trinità (1567-70; bombed 1944, rebuilt 1957) spanning the Arno River. He also built the enlargements of the Palazzo Pitti (1558-70), including the heavily Mannerist three-story courtyard entirely in rusticated (rough) stone. The suave bronze basin figures of his colossal Neptune Fountain (1576, Piazza della Signoria) are admired more than the stiffly posed marble figure of the sea god in its centre.
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