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Statuettes — Modern Medici: Masterpieces from a New York Collection
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Lot 218 A BRONZE GROUP OF APOLLO FLAYING MARSYAS
Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652 - 1725)
Giovanni Battista Foggini
25.04.1652 - 12.04.1725
Italy
Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) Foggini was an Italian sculptor active in Florence, renowned mainly for small bronze statuary.
Foggini's pupils included Fernando Fuga, his nephew Filippo della Valle, Balthasar Permoser, Giovacchino Fortini and Giovanni Baratta. Massimiliano Soldani Benzi was a contemporary student with Foggini in Rome and also active in small bronze sculpture.