Samson Slaying a Philistine was carved by Giambologna (Jean Boulogne, 1529 – 1608), a Flemish sculptor who worked for the Medici family in Florence. Since it was imported to the UK from Italy as a ...

The woman, whose identity and nationality have not been revealed, was branded "disrespectful" after she was seen climbing up to Giambologna's Bacchus and kissing the prized Italian bronze statue.

Casts of two well-known Mannerist bronzes raced to 400 times their estimate at an online sale conducted by a New York auction house last month.

Below the building's curved arches are dozens of sculptures (notable ones include Giambologna's Rape of the Sabines and a statue of Perseo holding Medusa's head, by Benvenuto Cellini), which draw ...

In Fiorenza: MDLXXXIIII., Appresso Giorgio Marescotti. Con permissione de' Superiori. The text consists of Italian and Latin verses in praise of Giambologna's three-figure statue of the Rape of a ...