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Fountain of Triton

Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian sculptor, 1598-1680); Urban VIII, Pope (Italian patron, 1568-1644)
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Alternative Title
Fontana del Tritone
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/119298
Date
1642-1643
Description
Side view; His last major commission for this papacy [Urban VIII] was for a fountain outside the family palace at Piazza Barberini. With the Triton Fountain, completed in 1642-1643, Bernini abandoned the staid, architectural format of earlier fountains to create a spectacle. Four dolphins, tails entwined around the papal coats of arms and supporting a giant bivalve, arise from a pool of water. The sea god Triton, seated in the middle of this great shell, blasts a thunderous stream of water heavenward from a massive conch shell. The base, basin and figure are integrated into an organic, poetic whole, which Bernini intended as a celebration of Urban VIII's rule. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 11/13/2007)
Type of Work
fountain; sculpture (visual work)
Subject
deities, mythology (Classical), Dolphins, Triton (Greek deity), Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644, Baroque
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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