Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi

Main Work: Piazza Navona
Image View Description: Exterior: View from South
Creator: Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680)
Material/Technique: marble
Work Type 2: sculpture
Style/Period: Baroque
Culture: Italian
Subject: Piazza Navona (Rome, Italy)
Location: Rome (Italy)
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
Photographer: Gina Ciancone
Record ID: 1213_rome2012_piazzanavona_vr_003


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