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Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Image View Description:

Exterior: View from South

Location:

Rome (Italy)

Title Variant:

Fountain of the Four Rivers

Work Type 2:

sculpture

Material / Technique:

marble

Culture:

Italian

Creator:

Bernini, Gian Lorenzo

Creator Nationality:

Italian

Creator Dates:

1598-1680

Creator Role:

sculptor

Style / Period:

Baroque

Subject:

Piazza Navona (Rome, Italy)

Subject 2:

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Rome, Italy)

Subject 3:

Sant'Agnese in Agone (Church : Rome, Italy)

Main Work:

Piazza Navona

Photographer:

Gina Ciancone

Notes:

View from center of Piazza Navona. Sant’Agnese in Agone (1652), designed by Boromini to the left, with a head on view from South on the Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (1651) of Bernini. Navona became public space in late 15th c., but transformed into a Baroque architectural and sculptural center in the reign of Innocent X in mid 17th c.

Image Source:

Photography by Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History, Columbia University

Record ID:

1213_rome2012_piazzanavona_vr_003

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