Valerio Cioli
Valerio Cioli was an Italian sculptorWorks
His most famous work is the Fontana del Bacchino in the Giardino di Boboli, near the entrance to piazza Pitti in Florence. It shows a dwarf at the court of Cosimo I, ironically nicknamed Morgante, portrayed nuded and sitting on a tortoise like a drunken Bacchus. Two more of Cioli's works are to be found in the giardino di Boboli - the Uomo che vanga and the Uomo che scarica il secchio in un tino.
Other works of his include a Satyr with a flask in the Museo del Bargello and sculptures of personifications of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture on the tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti in the basilica of Santa Croce.Images
