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

Female figure

1571-73
Marble, height 115 cm
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

This nude female, like other contemporary figures sculpted by Giambologna, is associated with a vase. The vase was regarded as an exemplary architectural product, an illustration of geometrical principles and of the use of compass. All were derived from circles.




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