Giambologna
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Oct 23, 2026
John StanleyVOICE_ACTOR
I don't know whether you know it, Lord Buckinghurst, but the statue of Charles I you are about to decorate has a rather ironic history.
John StanleyVOICE_ACTOR
Really? It was cast in 1633 by Hubert Lasseur, a pupil of Giovanni Bologna, that had not yet been erected when the Civil War broke out and the first Charles was deposed and beheaded.
John StanleyVOICE_ACTOR
It was subsequently sold by Parliament to a brazier by the name of Rivet.
John StanleyVOICE_ACTOR
Rivet.
John StanleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I don't know whether you know it, Lord Buckinghurst, but the statue of Charles I you are about to decorate has a rather ironic history.
John StanleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Really? It was cast in 1633 by Hubert Lasseur, a pupil of Giovanni Bologna, that had not yet been erected when the Civil War broke out and the first Charles was deposed and beheaded.
John StanleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was subsequently sold by Parliament to a brazier by the name of Rivet.
John StanleySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Rivet? Appropriate cognomen, eh, Holmes? Don't interrupt, Watson.
Corinna CookeGUEST
I mean, this man is an absolute genius.
Corinna CookeGUEST
Another of my favorites, like in Florence, is Giambologna's Rape of the Sabine Women, or Abduction of the Sabine Women, or in Rome, there's, um, Bernini's, uh, Rape of Proserpina.
Corinna CookeGUEST
Jago's version of this is Iaci e Cassandra, and it's-- so it's that same thing with the bodies being picked up and taken away.
Corinna CookeGUEST
Oh, and by the way, when it says the Rape of the Sabine Women, rape is, it's Latin for abduction, so they're being stolen.