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

Venus

1573
Marble
Grotto Buontalenti, Boboli Gardens, Florence

Giambologna executed several figures of Venus, mostly for fountains. In these he achieves the Mannerist ideal in elongation and in concious courtly elegance. This statue belongs to a fountain in the Boboli Gardens.




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