Mostra dell'Acqua Felice
Fontana, Domenico; Fontana, Giovanni
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Alternative Titles
Fontana del Mosè
Fountain of Moses
Date
1586Description
Central arch, depicting Moses (by P. Antichi or L. Sormani); Giovanni Fontana was primarily a hydraulic engineer and was a prominent member of the family workshop, directing its engineering works. One of his principal projects under Pope Sixtus V was the management of the Acqua Felice scheme (1587-1590) in Rome, involving the improvement of the aqueduct, which was still under construction, and the erection at the north-east corner of Piazza S Bernardo of a monumental fountain known as Mostra dell'Acqua Felice or Fontana del Mosè (in situ) that was designed by his brother Domenico (elevation and ground-plan in Della transportatione dell'obelisco vaticano (1590), fol. 56r). Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 2/4/2008)
Type of Work
fountain; sculpture (visual work)Subject
architectural exteriors, Old Testament and Apocrypha, Fountains, Moses (Biblical leader), Baroque
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