To the center of the public square of Neptune, of forehead to the income of the Palace of King Enzo, erge in all its beauty Fontana of Neptune, than from Bologna ones they call the Giant; in effects, the statue in bronze of the marine God is high 3,20 meters and hung 22 quintals.
In 1563, Pope Pio IV said order to raise great Fontana and Tommaso Laureti (that he was then a painter) was person in charge of the execution of the work.
Made the plans, the artist chose for the realization of the statue the scultore fiammingo Jean de Boulogne, Giambologna saying, than then she worked to Florence for the Doctors.
For the sum of thousand shield of gold, the artist fiammingo accepted to realize the scultoree parts of Fontana, that she was completed in 1566.