The Fountain of Bacchino in Florence, Italy

The Boboli Gardens in Florence are certainly not lacking in sculptures. There are no fewer than 288 pieces here, mostly created between the 16th and 18th centuries. The park is part of the Italian World Heritage Site ("Medici Villas and Gardens in Tuscany") and a major attraction for the roughly 4 million tourists who visit the city every year. Most of these statues showcase ideal figures in line with their respective cultural eras: youths with theatrically outstretched arms, warriors in dramatic combat, women in seductive poses or showing maternal affection to a child. The bodies are slend...