Pietro Tacca

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Pietro Tacca was a prominent early 17th-century Italian sculptor of the late Mannerist and early Baroque periods, known for his monumental bronze works and public statues in Florence and Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque artist
Italian sculptor
Mannerist sculptor
human
activeYearsEnd mid 17th century
activeYearsStart late 16th century
apprenticeOf Giambologna
birthDate 1577
birthPlace Carrara
Italy
Tuscany
commissionedFor public squares
royal courts
deathDate 1640
deathPlace Florence
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
employer Grand Dukes of Tuscany
Medici family
field sculpture
genre equestrian statue
fountain sculpture
influenced Baroque sculpture in Tuscany
influencedBy Giambologna
knownFor bronze sculpture
public monuments
movement Early Baroque
Late Mannerism
linked to: Mannerism
name Pietro Tacca
nationality Italian
notableWork Bronze candelabra in Santissima Annunziata, Florence
Bronze equestrian statue of Ferdinand I de’ Medici
Bronze fountains with chained Moors in Livorno
Bronze porcellino (wild boar) in Florence
Bronze reliefs for the high altar of Santissima Annunziata, Florence
Equestrian statue of Philip IV
Fontana dei Mostri Marini, Livorno
Fontana dei Quattro Mori, Livorno
Il Porcellino fountain, Florence
Monument to Ferdinand I in Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence
Monument to Philip IV in Plaza de Oriente, Madrid
patron Cosimo II de’ Medici
Ferdinando I de’ Medici
Philip IV of Spain
regionOfActivity Florence
Paris
studentOf Giambologna
style early Baroque
late Mannerist
successorOf Giambologna
workLocation Florence
Tuscany

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Giambologna influenced Pietro Tacca
Pietro Tacca name Pietro Tacca