This lecture will investigate the extraordinary of Giovanni Battista Foggini (1652-1725) sculptor, court architect and supervisor of the grand ducal studio and foundry in Borgo Pinti, as well as the Galleria dei Lavori (now the Opificio delle Pietre Dure).

Giovanni Battista Foggini’s bust of Galileo Galilei (1677) Tomb of Galileo, Santa Croce, Florence