Giambologna
Last significant Italian Renaissance sculptor, known for refined Mannerist works.
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Giambologna (1529–1608) was a Flemish-born sculptor who became the last major Italian Renaissance sculptor, working in bronze and marble.[1][2] He is known for large-scale marble groups such as the Abduction of a Sabine Woman and Hercules Slaying a Centaur in Florence.[3][4]
Quick Facts
- Born
- 1529, Douai, Flanders (then Habsburg Netherlands, now France)
- Died
- 13 August 1608, Florence, Italy
- Field
- Sculpture
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Life and work
Giambologna was born in Douai, Flanders, in 1529.[2] He studied in Antwerp with architect-sculptor Jacques Du Brœucq before moving to Italy in 1550.[2] In Rome he made a detailed study of classical sculpture.[2] Giambologna carved it without a predetermined subject; the name was assigned after installation.[3]
Carved from a single block of stone, the marble Abduction of a Sabine Woman (1574–1582) stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi.[3] For Francesco de' Medici, Giambologna produced allegorical works that advanced Medici propaganda, such as Florence Triumphant over Pisa and Samson Slaying a Philistine; the latter is the sole large marble by the artist that was taken out of Florence.[5]
What the cited sources add
The Casa Buonarroti source notes that Giambologna's bronze bust of Michelangelo consists of a head made between 1564 and 1566, with a chest added around 1570.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Giambologna" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: His birth is placed as early as c. 1524; see Lawrence Gowing, ed., Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists, v.2 (Facts on File, 2005): 257. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giambologna" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: R. Wellens, Jacques du Broeucq, sculpteur et architecte de la renaissance (Brussels) 1962 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giambologna" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Avery, "Giambologna", Phaidon, 1987, p. 98 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giambologna" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Avery, "Giambologna: The Complete Sculpture", Moyer Bell, 1987 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Giambologna" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Samson Slaying a Philistine", June 2024; "History of the fountain" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "Casa Buonarroti", Piccoli Grandi Musei. facts only, no text reused. piccoligrandimusei.it
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- Wikipedia: Giambologna (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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