Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Fountain of the ducks

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