Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.:
200718
Title:
Fountain of the ducks
Dates:
1578
View Type:
photographs
View Date:
Summer 1997
Location:
Europe--Italy--Lazio --Bagnaia
Location Type:
Current
Culture:
Italian
Period:
Renaissance
Creator:
architect
Maderno, Carlo
1556-1629
Italian
Creator:
architect
Vignola, Jacopo da
1507-1573
Italian
Creator:
patron
Gambara, Giovanni Francesco
1533-1587
Italian
Category:
Villas
Work Type:
Fountains
Work Type:
Pools (artificial)
Subjects:
Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy); Barco (Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy); Gambara family; Water; Golden age; Aquatic animals; Fountains; Pools (artificial)
Work Notes:
The fountain previously had water-shooting creatures around the rim, as well as a Janus quadrifons (four grotesque heads) in the center. (Lazzaro, 1990, 267)
Copyright Notice:
(c) Johanna Bauman
Rights Type:
fair use

Fountain of the ducks