Ammanati's best-known sculpture is the Fountain of Neptune (ca. 1560-1575) in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence. The central figure of Neptune was carved out of a colossal block of marble that had been begun by Baccio Bandinelli before his death (1560), and this inhibited Ammanati's treatment. Consequently (by general consent) the Neptune is neither characteristic nor aesthetically satisfactory. More successful are the surrounding bronze figures of four recumbent deities and a troop of gesticulating fauns and satyrs (all 1571-1575), modelled and cast under his supervision by a team of assistants. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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Ammanati's best-known sculpture is the Fountain of Neptune (ca. 1560-1575) in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence. The central figure of Neptune was carved out of a colossal block of marble that had been begun by Baccio Bandinelli before his death (1560), and this inhibited Ammanati's treatment. Consequently (by general consent) the Neptune is neither characteristic nor aesthetically satisfactory. More successful are the surrounding bronze figures of four recumbent deities and a troop of gesticulating fauns and satyrs (all 1571-1575), modelled and cast under his supervision by a team of assistants. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
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