Studies for the Fountain of the Four Rivers
Giorgio Franchetti Gallery at Ca' d'Oro
The museum preserves two important studies in terracotta produced by Bernini for the Fountain of the Four Rivers in Piazza Navona in Rome (1648-1651). It depicts the Nile with its face covered, indicating that its source had not yet been discovered, as well as the River Plate, with its dramatic pose poised on the rock.
VENEZIA ● GIAN LORENZO BERNINI ● BERNINI ● FIUMI ● FONTANA ● FONTANA DEI QUATTRO FIUMI ● LORENZO BERNINI ● BOZZETTI PER LA FONTANA DEI QUATTRO FIUMI
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Works in Italy
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St. Peter's Basilica
San Longino / Busto di Paolo V / Busto di Antonio Coppola / Ecstasy Ludovica Albertoni / Cappella Cornaro / Four Rivers Fountain / Anima Beata / Havakuk and the Angel / Santa Bibiana / Cappella Raimondi / Busti di Innocenzo X / Busto di Gabriele Fonseca / Angelo con la Corona di Spine / Rivers Fountain / Fontana del Tritone / Elefantino della Minerva (Pulcino della Minerva) / Fountain of the Bees / Elefante Obeliscoforo / Fontana del Leone
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