Fountain of the Piglet

Year

1634

Type

public art

Pietro Tacca's bronze wild boar fountain (1634), cast from a Hellenistic marble original now in the Uffizi, has stood in the Mercato Nuovo since the 17th century, its snout polished to a bright shine by the tradition of rubbing it for luck. …

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