Fontana del Nettuno

Image View Description

Exterior: View from North

Date

1574; 1878

Main Work
Piazza Navona
Creator
Porta, Giacomo della (Italian architect, sculptor, 1532-1602)
Material/Technique
  • marble
Work Type
sculpture
Style/Period
Baroque
Culture
Italian
Subject
Piazza Navona (Rome, Italy)
Location
Rome (Italy)
Notes

View from Northern end of Piazza Navona, looking onto the Fontana del Nettuno, whose basin was designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1574, then was given the sculptures later in 19th c. (1878) by Antonio della Bitta and Gregorio ZappalĂ .

Image Source

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

Photographer
Gina Ciancone
Record ID
1213_rome2012_piazzanavona_vr_006