Fountain of Neptune (Florence, Italy) : A satyr
- Creator:
- Ammanati, Bartolomeo, 1511-1592
- Published/Created:
- Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
1560-1575 - Date Depicted:
- 10/1/1998
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Materials:
- bronze
marble - Notes:
- Ammanati's best-known sculpture is the Fountain of Neptune (ca. 1560-1575) in the Piazza della Signoria, Florence. The central figure of Neptune was carved out of a colossal block of marble that had been begun by Baccio Bandinelli before his death (1560), and this inhibited Ammanati's treatment. Consequently (by general consent) the Neptune is neither characteristic nor aesthetically satisfactory. More successful are the surrounding bronze figures of four recumbent deities and a troop of gesticulating fauns and satyrs (all 1571-1575), modelled and cast under his supervision by a team of assistants.
- Variant Titles:
- Fontana del Nettuno
- Topics:
- Sculpture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Mannerist
Renaissance - Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-AB-FN-E9
- 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; deities; mythology (Classical); Neptune (Roman deity); Neptune; satyrs; fauns; chariot; nymph; horse; shell; lion head; fish; marine; water or sea deities carving ; casting built works; hydraulic structures; water distribution structures;
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
10/1/1998 - 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:
- 10086239
- PID:
- digcoll:1852279