Fontana della Barcaccia (Rome, Italy) : Close view along the east side, from the north, fountain not at play
- Creator:
- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680
- Published/Created:
- Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1627-1629 - Date Depicted:
- 10/10/1994
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- marble
- Notes:
- Has been attributed to Pietro Bernini. "The fountain was constructed in 1627-1629 as part of Urban VIII's plan to bring some of the water of the Acqua Vergine to the area between the Piazza di Spagna and the Porta del Popolo...the fountain had to be designed to be low because the pressure of the water was slight...both the authorship and iconography of the fountain have given rise to much discussion...most modern authorities are agreed that the invention...is due to the young Gianlorenzo Bernini and not his father...the boat is partly an allusion to the ship of the Church...and partly an allusion to symbols used by Urban VIII himself in one of his poems, in which the guns of the Barberini ship fire not cannon balls but water to calm the troubles of the world...."p. 233
- Variant Titles:
- Fountain of the Old Boat
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Baroque
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-BG-FB-A2
- Genre:
- fountains (AAT)
sculpture (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:
- allegorical; rulers and leaders; Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644 carving ; construction built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures; fountains sun
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/10/1994 - 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:
- 10087561
- PID:
- digcoll:1842741