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Italy: Equestrian statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549 - 1609), Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence. Completed by the Italian sculptor, Pietro Tacca (1577 - 1640), the statue was erected in 1608

Italy: Equestrian statue of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549 - 1609), Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence. Completed by the Italian sculptor, Pietro Tacca (1577 - 1640), the statue was erected in 1608

The equestrian statue of Ferdinando I was originally commissioned from an elderly Giambologna (1529 - 1608) and completed by his pupil Pietro Tacca.

Ferdinando I de' Medici (30 July 1549 – 17 February 1609) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1587 to 1609, having succeeded his older brother Francesco I.






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David Henley

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