Giambologna

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Giambologna was a prominent late Renaissance sculptor known for his dynamic, elongated figures and complex multi-figure compositions that epitomize Mannerist style.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Giambologna canonical 13
Giambologna Fiamingo 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist artist
Renaissance artist
person
sculptor
activeIn Florence
alsoKnownAs Giambologna Fiamingo
linked to: Giambologna

Giovanni da Bologna
Jean Boulogne
artisticStyle Mannerist sculpture
birthName Jean de Boulogne
burialPlace Santissima Annunziata, Florence
countryOfOrigin County of Flanders
dateOfBirth 1529
dateOfDeath 1608
employer Grand Dukes of Tuscany
fieldOfWork bronze sculpture
garden and fountain sculpture
marble sculpture
influenced Baroque sculptors
Pietro Tacca
influencedBy Italian High Renaissance sculpture
Michelangelo
knownFor complex multi-figure compositions
dynamic figures
elongated figures
languageOfName Italian
movement Mannerism
nationality Flemish
notableWork Apennine Colossus (contribution)
Architecture and sculpture for the Boboli Gardens
Equestrian statue of Cosimo I de' Medici
Flying Mercury
Fountain of Neptune (Bologna) figure of Neptune
linked to: Fountain of Neptune

Hercules and the Centaur Nessus
Rape of the Sabine Women
Ratto delle Sabine
Samson Slaying a Philistine
originOfName Italianization of Jean de Boulogne
patron Medici family
period Late Renaissance
placeOfBirth Douai
placeOfDeath Florence
signatureFeature elegant, elongated proportions
figures designed to be viewed in the round
spiraling compositions
trainedIn Flanders
Rome
workLocation Grand Ducal court in Florence

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mannerism hasNotablePractitioner Giambologna
The Rape of the Sabine Women (Giambologna sculpture) creator Giambologna
Giambologna alsoKnownAs Giambologna Fiamingo
linked to: Giambologna
Loggia dei Lanzi notableWorkBy Giambologna
Adriaen de Vries influencedBy Giambologna
Hubert Gerhard influencedBy Giambologna
Pietro Tacca studentOf Giambologna
Pietro Tacca apprenticeOf Giambologna
Pietro Tacca successorOf Giambologna
Pietro Tacca influencedBy Giambologna