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

Bather

1565
Bronze, height 25 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

This statuette, belonging to Giambologna's earliest independent small bronzes, represents a nude woman in the act of stroking herself with a piece of cloth. It was identified with the statuette sent to Maximilian I as a diplomatic gift in 1565.




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