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 | | Pope Pius IV gave Giambologna his first major commission, the colossal bronze Neptune and subsidiary figures for the Fountain of Neptune (the base designed by Tommaso Laureti, 1566) in Bologna. |
 | | Among his most famous works are: the winged Mercury (of which he actually did multiple versions), poised on one foot, supported by a zephyr, several depictions of Venus, Florence defeating Pisa, the three intertwined figures of The Rape of the Sabine Women (1574-82) and Hercules beating the Centaur Nessus (1599), |
 | | For the grotto of the Villa Medicea of Castello he sculpted a series of studies of individual animals, from life, which may now be viewed at the Bargello. |
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