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Giambologna Works Online
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Original works by Giambologna available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Art Institute of Chicago NEW!
Giambologna at the Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan Bust of Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco NEW! Astronomy, ca.1624
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 3 works online by Giambologna
Kunsthistorisches Museum Databank, Vienna (in German) 
Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna Equestrian Statuette of Ferdinando I de' Medici (Zoom)
Giambologna at the Louvre Museum, Paris The Abduction of Deianira
Louvre Museum Database, Paris
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW! 
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History  The Rape of the Sabines, woodcut after a bronze relief by Giambologna
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History  Triton
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston NEW! Sculpture collection online
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. NEW! Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Angel
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Prado Museum Database, Madrid NEW! (Linking to the Spanish-language version because it contains far more works than the English version)
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam NEW!
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Cincinnati Art Museum, Ohio NEW! Rape of the Sabine Woman
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK 126 works by or related to the artist
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK Crucifix
Fondation Bemberg Museum, Toulouse, France Mars
Frick Collection, New York City NEW! Triton Blowing a Trumpet Nessus and Deianira
Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself
Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington Bull, ca.1590
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Le Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, France (in French)  Putto
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina (in Spanish) 
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Sleeping Nymph and Satyr, ca.1580-85
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh The Bird-Catcher
Palazzo Colonna Gallery, Rome Nesso e Deianira
Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian)  2 works online (at the bottom of the page)
Philadelphia Museum of Art NEW!
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia The Flagellation of Christ, ca.1579
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"
Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark), Copenhagen Click "English" at the top right to switch the default language, then click "Search"
The Huntington Library, California
The Wallace Collection, London, UK NEW!
The Walters Art Museum, Maryland NEW!
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid (Images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image)
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums 2 works online when last checked
Art Fund for UK Museums Mercury
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Giambologna at The Art Renewal Center
Giambologna in the Web Gallery of Art 
Wikimedia Commons Image Database 
World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)
1200 Years of Italian Sculpture (mostly in Italian) 
Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  (a welcome screen is displayed for a couple of seconds before the search results appear)
California State University WorldImages Database 
Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish) 
Mary Ann Sullivan's Digital Imaging Project  4 works documented
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
PBase Photo Sharing (Tip: Set the image size to "original" to see photos at their highest resolution)
RKD Netherlands Imagebase NEW! Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Daniel Katz Ltd. European Sculpture, London, UK Past notable sales: Giambologna's Bathsheba
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Giambologna  Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
University of California eScholarship Editions The full text of the book "Giambologna: Narrator of the Catholic Reformation", by Mary Weitzel Gibbons
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
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