Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Exterior: View from South

Creator

Italian
sculptor
1598-1680
Title Variant
Fountain of the Four Rivers
Main Work
Piazza Navona

Location

Geographic Coordinates
41.89888, 12.473103

Material/Technique

Work Type

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.

Style/Period

Culture

Subject

Piazza Navona (Rome, Italy)
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (Rome, Italy)
Sant'Agnese in Agone (Church : Rome, Italy)
Image Date
12-Mar
Image Source

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

Photographer