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A work by Bartolomeo Ammannati. It is not very highly esteemed,
I have heard, but I thought it was really a fun piece of art; one of
Florence's favorite sculptures to hate.
The Fontana del Nettuno (Neptune Fountain; 1560-75), created as a tribute
to Cosimo I's naval ambitions but nicknamed by the Florentines Il
Biancone, "Big Whitey" probably because Michelangelo, to
whom many a Renaissance quip is attributed, took one look at it and
shook his head, moaning "Ammannato, Ammannato, what a beautiful piece
of marble you've ruined."
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