Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Parterre fountain

Collection: 
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.: 
200496
Title: 
Parterre fountain
Dates: 
1600
View Type: 
photographs
View Date: 
Jul-91
Location: 
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Bagnaia
Location Type: 
Current
Culture: 
Italian
Period: 
Baroque
Creator: 
patron Montalto, Alessandro Peretti 1572-1623 Italian
Creator: 
architect Landini, Taddeo Attributed c.1550-1596 Italian
Creator: 
sculptor Buonvicino, Ambrogio Attributed 1552-1622 Italian
Creator: 
architect Maderno, Carlo Attributed 1556-1629 Italian
Category: 
Villas
Work Type: 
Sculpture
Work Type: 
Fountains
Subjects: 
Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy); First terrace (Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy); Water parterre (Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy); Montalto family; Blacks; Coats of arms; Water; Fountains; Garden sculpture
Work Notes: 
This fountain sculpture was placed in the water parterre under Cardinal Montalto. According to a contemporary account, the fountain erected under Cardinal Gambara was decorated with water spouting pyramids. (Barth, 2001, 126)
Copyright Notice: 
(c) Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Rights Type: 
fair use