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The most important work by Giambologna outside Italy and the only example of his large marble groups made for the Medici to have left Florence.
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Title of artwork, date
Samson Slaying a Philistine, 1566
Date supported
1953
Medium and material
Marble
Dimensions
200 cm
Grant
10000
Total cost
25000
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