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Fontana del Sig. Prencipe di Pallestrina (...), from "La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...)"

Publisher Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi Italian
1691 or after
Not on view
View of the Triton fountain on the Piazza Barberini in Rome designed by Bernini and erected in 1642/3. The fountain contain is made up out of dolphins, the Barberini coat of arms and Triton blowing water through a horn, shaped like a shell.

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Object Information
  • Title: Fontana del Sig. Prencipe di Pallestrina (...), from "La Fontane di Roma nelle Piazze e Luoghi Publici (...)"
  • Artist: Giovanni Battista Falda (Italian, Valduggia 1643–1678 Rome)
  • Publisher: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi (Italian, Rome 1627–1691 Rome)
  • Date: 1691 or after
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 3/8 x 11 3/8 in. (21.3 x 28.9 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of D. W. Langton, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 1991.1073.145(16)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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