Artist Bio:
Giambologna (Jean Boulogne, 1529-1608)
Giambologna, born as Jean Boulogne, also known as Giovanni Da
Bologna and Giovanni Bologna (1529 - August
13, 1608),
was a sculptor,
known for his marble and bronze statuary
in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style.
Imagine a late
Renaissance sculptor who could do religious scenes with the epic
grandeur of Michelangelo and then turn to extremely realistic animal
figures or sensuous bronze female nudes. Giambologna (1529-1608),
the quick, prolific court sculptor to Medici dukes, later a protege
of Roman emperors and popes, is not well-known today though he rated
a profile in Vasari's Lives. Born Jean Boulogne in what is now
northern France, he he moved to Italy in
1550, and studied in Rome.
Giambologna made detailed study of the sculpture of classical
antiquity. He was also much influenced by Michelangelo,
but developed his own Mannerist style,
with perhaps less emphasis on emotion and more emphasis on refined
surfaces, cool elegance and beauty. Best known perhaps for his
flying Mercury, Giambologna has a dramatic, fleshy style that
seduces even when it is superficial.
Worldwide Museum Links Showing his works online:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Courtauld Institute of Art,
London, UK
Louvre Museum Database,
Paris
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database,
Paris
The Wallace Collection,
London, UK
The Victoria & Albert Museum
Giambologna at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of
Art History
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of
Art History
Giambologna at the Detroit Institute of
Arts, Michigan
Giambologna at the Detroit Institute of
Arts, Michigan
Giambologna at the National Gallery of
Art, Washington D.C.
Harvard University Art Museums,
Massachusetts
J. Paul Getty Museum,
Los Angeles
Kunsthistorisches Museum,
Vienna
Giambologna at the Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank,
Vienna (in Germany)
National Gallery of Australia,
Canberra
National Museums and Galleries of Wales
Giambologna at the Prado Museum,
Madrid
Le Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai,
France
Rijksmuseum Research Database,
Amsterdam (in Dutch)
Courtauld Institute of Art,
London, UK
Fondation Bemberg Museum,
Toulouse, France
Palazzo Ruspoli,
Rome
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes,
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,
Rotterdam
Queensland Art Gallery,
Brisbane, Australia
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum,
Madrid
Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Norton Simon Museum,
Pasadena, California
Cincinnati Art Museum,
Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art,
Ohio
Links
to other artist information:
Florence Italy Exhibit
Codart Exhibt
Encyclopedia Britannica complete
article on Giambologna
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes)
Visual Arts
