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Also Known As Giovanni da Bologna • Jean Boulogne
Born 1529 • Douai • France
Died August 13, 1608 (aged 79) • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Mannerism

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Giambologna: Mercury
Rape of a Sabine (two views), marble sculpture by Giambologna, 1579–83; in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence.
One of two marble obelisks created by Giambologna, c. 1563, in front of the basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Marble sculpture by Giambologna showing Hercules raising a club as he battles the centaur Nessus, with dynamic, intertwined figures on a stone base.
Bronze equestrian statue of Cosimo I by Giambologna, showing Cosimo I seated on a horse, located in Piazza della Signoria, Florence.
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