The Villa di Pratolino was a Renaissance patrician villa in Vaglia, Tuscany, Italy. It was mostly demolished in 1822. Its remains are now part of the Villa Demidoff, 12 km north of Florence, reached from the main road to Bologna.
Pratolino, the lower half of the garden, by Giusto Utens, 1599 (Museo Topografico, Florence)
The "Apennine Colossus" in its niche
The "Apennine Colossus" by Giambologna
The park and Villa Demidoff, which is the restored Paggeria of Villa di Pratolino.
Francesco I was the second Grand Duke of Tuscany, ruling from 1574 until his death in 1587. He was a member of the House of Medici.
Portrait by Alessandro Allori, c. 1580-1585
Francesco I of Tuscany as a young boy, painted by Bronzino.
The "Apennine Colossus" in its niche
Francesco as a young man in a painting attributed to Alessandro Allori.