# Fountain of Bacchus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CIOLI, Valerio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cioli-valerio-r04bbb104354f0b>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Marble

## Commentary

This grotesque-style fountain represents Braccio di Bartolo, the dwarf at the court of Cosimo I de&#39; Medici. Because of his nudity and potbellied shape, the figure is sometimes identified as Bacchus. However, it is certainly a portrait of Braccio di Bartolo, known as Il Morgante, the most famous of the five buffoons who lived at the Medici court. The statue, a Medici commission, was only later adapted as a fountain.

## Related artworks

- [Fountain of Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cioli-valerio-r04bbb104354f0b/fountain-of-bacchus-r6ed011cc2d699e>)
- [Fountain of Bacchus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cioli-valerio-r04bbb104354f0b/fountain-of-bacchus-rb3e2910dea72f3>)
- [Fountain](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cioli-valerio-r04bbb104354f0b/fountain-re779f2c4c0acfd>)
- [Tomb of Michelangelo: Allegory of Sculpture](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cioli-valerio-r04bbb104354f0b/tomb-of-michelangelo-allegory-of-sculpture-rd168b726466d0c>)
- [Venus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cioli-valerio-r04bbb104354f0b/venus-rd4ad0b2391e764>)

## Attribution

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