Small bronze figures for collector's cabinets, often mythological subjects with nudes, were a popular Renaissance form at which Giambologna, originally Flemish but based in Florence, excelled in the later part of the century, also creating life-size sculptures, of which two joined the collection in the Piazza della Signoria.
Podobno kot druga njegova dela in drugih manieristov odvzema veliko več iz osnovnega bloka, kot bi Michelangelo.