Jupiter
by FRANCAVILLA, Pietro, Marble, over life-size
After a brief period in Paris, in 1566 Francavilla moved to Innsbruck, where he worked for five or six years. Here he attracted the notice of the Archduke Ferdinand of Tyrol, by whom he was sent to Italy to study with Giambologna. He rapidly became Giambologna’s principal assistant, travelling with him to Genoa in 1579. In Genoa he carved a pair of colossal statues of Janus and Jupiter (signed and dated 1585) for the Palazzo Grimaldi.