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    Bernini's Fountain of the Triton, Piazza Barberini, Rome

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    Bernini's Fountain of the Triton, Piazza Barberini, Rome
    Bernini's Fountain of the Triton, Piazza Barberini, Rome
    Bernini's Fountain of the Triton, Piazza Barberini, Rome
    Private Collection, England / Photograph by John Hammond
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    Artist
    Richard Wilson (1713/14-1782)
    Title
    Bernini's Fountain of the Triton, Piazza Barberini, Rome
    Date
    c.1753-54 (undated)
    Medium
    Black chalk, heightened with white, on grey paper
    Dimensions
    Metric: 228 x 198 mm
    Imperial: 9 x 7 3/4 in.
    Collection
    Private Collection, England
    Accession Number
    RF78
    Wilson Online Reference
    D231
    Exhibited
    Rome 1959 (674); Kenwood 1974 (24i)
    Provenance
    William Lock of Norbury; his sale, Sotheby's, London 3-7 May 1821; Marianne Ford; thence by descent
    Subject
    The Triton Fountain (Fontana del Tritone) by the leading Baroque sculptor, Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598-1680), was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII. It was executed in travertine in 1642-43. At its centre rises a larger than lifesize muscular Triton (a minor sea god of classical mythology), depicted as a merman kneeling on a shell borne by four dolphins' tailfins. The original purpose of the fountain was to provide water from the Acqua Felice aqueduct, which Pope Urban had restored.
    Bibliography
    Walpole Society 1998-I, p. 71, RF 78
    Updated by Compiler
    2017-09-13 00:00:00

    Exhibitions

    • London, Kenwood House, Iveagh Bequest, 8 June - 27 August 1974
    • Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, 1959

    Biographies

    • William Lock 'of Norbury' (1732-1810)
    • Richard Ford (1796-1858)
    • Sir Brinsley Ford (1908-1999)
    • Marianne Booth, Lady Ford (1767-1849)
    • Sir Francis Clare Ford (1828-1899)
    • John G. Ford (-1917)

    Documents

    • Brinsley Ford and other authors, The Ford Collection
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