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

Apollo

1573-75
Bronze
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Born in Flanders, the artist was the favourite sculptor of Francesco I de' Medici, after working earlier for his father, Cosimo I, and establishing a highly profitable workshop of his own.

The statue representing Apollo is in the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici in the Palazzo Vecchio.




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