Fontana del Bacchino
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| Fontana del Bacchino | |
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| Artist | Valerio Cioli |
| Year | 1560 |
| Type | Marble |
| Dimensions | 116 cm (46 in) |
| Location | The Boboli Gardens, Florence, Italy |
| 43°45′57″N 11°15′04″E / 43.765915°N 11.251116°E | |
Fontana del Bacchino is an Italian Renaissance sculpture of 1560 by Valerio Cioli (1529-1599) in the Boboli Gardens in Florence featuring a statue in the likeness of the famed dwarf buffoon from the court of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Nano Morgante modeled after Bacchus and riding a tortoise.[1] In 1572 the statue was turned into a fountain.[2]
