Jean de Boulogne (Giambologna)

Giambologna, also called Giovanni da Bologna, or Jean Boulogne  (b. 1529, Douai, Spanish Netherlands [now in France]—d. Aug. 13, 1608, Florence [Italy]), preeminent Mannerist sculptor in Italy during the last quarter of the 16th century. First trained under Jacques Dubroeucq, a Flemish sculptor who worked in an Italianate style, Giambologna went to Rome about 1550, where his style was influenced by Hellenistic sculpture and the works of Michelangelo. Settling in Florence (1552), where he spent the rest of his life, he attracted the notice of Francesco de’ Medici, for whom ...

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