Fontana della Piazza Campitelli (Rome, Italy) : Detail showing the base of the water basin
- Creator:
- Porta, Giacomo della, 1532/1533-1602 or 1604
- Published/Created:
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
1589 - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- stone
- Notes:
- The expenses for the fountain in Piazza Campitelli were partly paid by four families, owners of palaces that stand in the same square, or next to it, namely the Capizucchi, the Ricca, the Albertoni and the Muti. Being a work by della Porta, its shape followed the architect's usual scheme: a round basin, a central baluster, a larger basin below, and a stand. In this case the lower basin is octagonal, with alternate straight and concave sides, decorated with two grotesque faces (one of them has donkey ears), and the crests of the four families whose funds the fountain had been built with. Its large base, octagonal as well, has a small crease that runs all around the fountain as a drain, collecting the water that trickles from the lower basin and is also spouted by the grotesque faces.
- Topics:
- Fountains -- Italy -- Rome (LC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-DP-F-A7
- Genre:
- fountains (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- Fountains construction built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains fountain; grotesque; spout
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10110080
- PID:
- digcoll:1802323