Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Fountain of the ducks
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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200718
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Title:
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Fountain of the ducks
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Dates:
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1578
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View Type:
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photographs
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View Date:
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Summer 1997
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Location:
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Europe--Italy--Lazio--Bagnaia
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Location Type:
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Current
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Culture:
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Italian
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Period:
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Renaissance
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Creator:
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architect
Maderno, Carlo
1556-1629
Italian
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Creator:
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architect
Vignola, Jacopo da
1507-1573
Italian
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Creator:
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patron
Gambara, Giovanni Francesco
1533-1587
Italian
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Fountains
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Work Type:
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Pools (artificial)
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Subjects:
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Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy); Barco (Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy); Gambara family; Water; Golden age; Aquatic animals; Fountains; Pools (artificial)
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Work Notes:
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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)
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Copyright Notice:
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(c) Johanna Bauman
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Rights Type:
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fair use
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