Bartolomeo Ammannati
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Bartolomeo Ammannati was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence, Italy. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino and closely imitated the style of Michelan
The Fountain of Neptune (Fontana del Nettuno) on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy
Garden view above the Ammannati Courtyard in the Pitti Palace
The Jesuit College in Rome, 1582–1584, was one of Ammannati's later designs.
Dragon
The Fountain of Neptune is situated in the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, near the northwest corner of the Palazzo Vecchio. It was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici in 1559 to celebrate h
Bartolomeo Ammannati
…destroyed in 1944, during World War II, and rebuilt in 1957. Ammannati designed what is considered a prototypic Mannerist sculptural ensemble in the Fountain of Neptune (Fontana del Nettuno), prominently located in the Piazza della Signoria in the center of Florence. The assignment was originally given to the aged…
The Fountain of Neptune at mid-day
Close-up of the Neptune's statue
The fountain after its hand was cut off by vandals on the night of August 4, 2005
Wheel on Neptune's chariot with Zodiac signs