Valerio Cioli

Born: 1529

Death: 1599

Biography:

Valerio Cioli (or Cigoli or Giogoli) (1529–1599) was an Italian sculptor His most famous work is the Fontana del Bacchino in the Giardino di Boboli, near the entrance to piazza Pitti in Florence. It shows a dwarf at the court of Cosimo I, ironically nicknamed Morgante (the giant of the poem Morgante by Luigi Pulci), portrayed nuded and sitting on a...