Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait by Giambologna

Medium

polychromy

Dimensions

12.5; 9; 15.3

About this artwork

leisteen: hoogte 15,3 cm (rear panel) x breedte 12,5 cm (rear panel)

About the Artist

Giambologna · 15291608

Born and trained in Flanders (Douai, his birthplace, is now in France but was once in Flanders), Giambologna traveled to Italy in 1550 to study Classical and Renaissance sculpture. There, he became court sculptor of the Medici Dukes. He was famed for compositional sophistication, sensuous, tactile treatment of human body, and sheer technical virtuosity. He was extremely influential because the Med...

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