Villa Aldobrandini (Frascati, Italy) : Semicircular grotto, niche left of the center (the centaur figure blowing on a horn is one of fantasy. Animals - some mythical - were closely associated with the earthly paradises created in Italian villas)
- Creator:
- Maderno, Carlo, ca. 1556-1629
Porta, Giacomo della, 1532/1533-1602 or 1604 - Published/Created:
- Frascati, Lazio, Italy
begun 1603 - Date Depicted:
- 5/1/1997
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Notes:
- Begun by della Porta and completed by Carlo Maderno.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 17th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 2A2-I-FR-VA-J1
- Genre:
- architecture (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:
- construction buildings; dwellings; houses; country houses; villas grotto; nymphaeum; water theater
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/1/1997 - 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:
- 10102725
- PID:
- digcoll:1855827