SCULPTOR

Giambologna

1529 - 1608

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Giambologna (1529 – 13 August 1608), also known as Jean de Boulogne (French), Jehan Boulongne (Flemish) and Giovanni da Bologna (Italian), was the last significant Italian Renaissance sculptor, with a large workshop producing large and small works in bronze and marble in a late Mannerist style. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giambologna is the 14th most popular sculptor (up from 15th in 2019), the 435th most popular biography from France (down from 426th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Sculptor.

Giambologna is most famous for his bronze statue of Neptune, which is located in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Giambologna ranks 14 out of 258. Before him are Antonio Canova, Lysippos, Alberto Giacometti, Constantin Brâncuși, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and Louise Bourgeois. After him are Bertel Thorvaldsen, Myron, Scopas, Józef Gosławski, Jacopo Sansovino, and Nicola Pisano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1529, Giambologna ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Franciscus Patricius, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, Taddeo Zuccari, Anna of Hesse, Anthony Jenkinson, Charles II, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Sabina of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Raphael Holinshed. Among people deceased in 1608, Giambologna ranks 2. Before him is John Dee. After him are Maria Anna of Bavaria, Seonjo of Joseon, Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles III, Duke of Lorraine, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, Andrew Avellino, Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski, Ğazı II Giray, and Bernardo Buontalenti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Giambologna ranks 435 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeanne Moreau (1928), Antoine of Navarre (1518), Pierre Gassendi (1592), Pierre Bayle (1647), Arthur Honegger (1892), and Isabella of France (1295). After him are Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Aristide Briand (1862), Léo Delibes (1836), Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805), Napoléon, Prince Imperial (1856), and Théophile Gautier (1811).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Giambologna ranks 5. Before him are Auguste Rodin (1840), Camille Claudel (1864), Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), and Louise Bourgeois (1911). After him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Rosa Bonheur (1822), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Paul Landowski (1875), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), François Rude (1784), and Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716).

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