Apennine Colossus | |
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Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino | |
![]() Colossus of Apennine | |
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Artist | Jean de Boulogne, a.k.a. Giambologna |
Completion date | late 1580s |
Medium | Stone |
Dimensions | 11 meters (36 feet) |
Location | Vaglia, Italy |
43°51′33″N 11°18′16″E / 43.859167°N 11.304444°E |
The Apennine Colossus (Italian: Colosso dell'Appennino) is a stone statue, approximately 11 m high,[1] in the estate of the Villa Demidoff in Vaglia, Tuscany in Italy. Giambologna (Flemish sculptor Jean de Boulogne) created the colossal figure, a personification of the Apennine mountains, in the late 1580s. It was constructed on the grounds of the Villa di Pratolino, a Renaissance villa that fell into disrepair and was replaced by the Villa Demidoff in the 1800s.[2]