Episode 09 - Giambologna

Giambologna's remarkable and prolific career is the missing link between the Renaissance and the Baroque, between Michelangelo and Bernini, and between medieval and modern conceptions of how a sculptor's career is conducted. So many elements which Giambologna pioneered in his work - casting works in editions, jobbing out technical aspects of sculpture to specialists, and the decorative, small scale female nude for popular consumption - are still with us today.

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I have a very good 3 foot copy of this sculpture in alabaster.
It is gorgeous and glows.
I assume it was purchased in the early 19th century during a grand tour.
It originally was purchased by my father in Scotland at an auction on a grand estate.
It is in very good condition and still has the original plinth. I have had it conserved at Queens U at Kingston by the Conservation and Restoration dept.

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Great great
From being an immigrant to become the best of the best