| Apennine Colossus | |
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| Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino | |
.jpg) Colossus of Apennine | |
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| Artist | Jean de Boulogne, a.k.a. Giambologna |
| Completion date | late 1580s |
| Medium | Stone |
| Dimensions | 11 meters (36 feet) |
| Location | Vaglia, Italy |
| 43°51′34.1″N 11°18′16.4″E / 43.859472°N 11.304556°E | |
The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 meters high,[1] in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine mountains, in the late 1580´s. It was constructed on the grounds of the Villa di Pratolino, a Renaissance villa that fell into disrepair and was replaced by the Villa Demidoff in the 1800´s.[2]
- ^ Morgan, Luke (2015), p.12
- ^ Smith, Webster (1 December 1961). "Pratolino". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 20 (4): 155–168. doi:10.2307/988039. ISSN 0037-9808. JSTOR 988039.