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Collection:
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.:
201493
Title:
Goddess of nature
View:
Detail
Dates:
1560-1575
View Type:
photographs
View Date:
Spring 2004
Location:
Europe--Italy--Lazio --Tivoli
Location Type:
Current
Culture:
Italian
Creator:
patron
D'Este, Ippolito II
1509-1572
Italian
Creator:
sculptor
Vliete, Gillis van den
1567-1602
Flemish
Category:
Villas
Work Type:
Fountains
Subjects:
Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy); Diana (Roman deity); Rustication; Water; Women and nature; Water organ (Villa d'Este, Tivoli, Italy); Fountains; Goddesses; Bare-breasted female figures; Grottoes
Work Notes:
This fountain was originally located in the large central niche of the water organ. (Coffin, 1960, 18-19) It was modeled after the Diana of Ephesus sculpture in the Farnese collection, which was a Roman Imperial copy of a Hellenistic sculpture. The original is now located in the Museo Nazionale, Naples (Inv. 6278). It was moved to its current location against the entrance wall around 1610.
Copyright Notice:
(c) Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Rights Type:
fair use - These images are intended for research and educational use only. To obtain copyright permission for publication or other purposes, you must contact the copyright holder directly.

Goddess of nature