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Giambologna

British  
/ dʒamboˈlɔŋa /

noun

  1. original name Giovanni da Bologna or Jean de Boulogne . 1529–1608, Italian mannerist sculptor, born in Flanders: noted for his fountains and such works as Samson Slaying a Philistine (1565)

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The Bacchus stands on plinth on a street corner near the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge and is a modern replica of the 16th Century work by sculptor Giambologna.

From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024

The London and Leeds sculpture dealers Tomasso Brothers sold a signed and dated 1551 lime-wood statuette of Julius Caesar that is the earliest recorded work by Giambologna.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2017

Lynda and Stewart Resnick donated a few pieces, including a Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres canvas, a bronze by Flemish Renaissance sculptor Giambologna and a work by Hans Memling.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2015

Antique paintings of Cairo hung on flocked wallpaper in the front hall, and bronzes of all kinds—a Mannerist nude by Giambologna, columns modeled after the one piercing Paris’s Place Vendôme—occupied polished tabletops.

From Architectural Digest • Oct. 21, 2014

Such works had rarely, if ever, been assembled in one place, and although there had been some misgivings within the museum about an exhibition of bronzes, Giambologna became a critical success.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2011

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