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Giambologna

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Giambologna (Italian) [dʒamboˈlɔŋa]
n
(Biographies / Giambologna (1529-1608) M, Italiannational of birth: Flemish, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) 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 sculpture is almost an exact copy of one made for Cardinal Ferdinand de' Medici in 1580 by Giambologna (1529-1608).
Famous bronze sculptors through history included Donatello, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Giambologna (Giovanni da Bologna) and Benvenuto Cellini.
Gerhard, a native of Hertogenbosch, was among a remarkable group of Netherlandish sculptors, including Giambologna, Willem Tetrode, Johann Gregor van der Schardt, Hans Mont, and Adriaen de Vries, who moved to Italy and pursued careers abroad.
 
 
 
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