Valerio Cioli
Valerio Cioli was an Italian Renaissance sculptor.
Works
His most famous work is the Fontana del Bacchino in the Giardino di Boboli, near the entrance to piazza Pitti in Florence. It depicts the famed dwarf buffoon 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. Along with Giovanni Vincenzo Casali, he helped complete the statue of San Giovanni Evangelista for the Chapel of San Luca in the Annunziata in Florence.