Fiorenza, bronze statue, 1570, by Giambologna, 1529-1608, in the Saletta di Venere Fiorenza or Fiorenza's Room, with wall frescoes of country views, trompe l'oeil doors and windows, 1589, by Pocetti, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The statue was part of the Labyrinth Fountain in the garden, designed and sculpted 1538-48 by Niccolo Pericoli called Il Tribolo for Cosimo I de Medici. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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