GIAMBOLOGNA
(b. 1529, Douai, d. 1608, Firenze)

Fountain of Neptune (detail)

1563-66
Bronze and marble
Piazza Maggiore, Bologna

The detail shows one of the corners of the pedestal with a sensuous figure of Siren, with bulbous curving fishy tails for legs, expressing water from her full breasts into the basin below. In between are many grotesque masks and shells articulating the several smaller basins.




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