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Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)
A study for the Fontana del Moro, Piazza Navona, Rome c.1652
Pen and brown wash | 24.6 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 905623
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A drawing showing the second design for the Fontana del Moro: tritons hold four intertwined dolphins aloft upon their shoulders. See also RCIN 905625.
Provenance
Probably acquired by George III in 1762 as part of the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Albani; first recorded in a Royal Collection inventory of c.1810 (Inv. A, p. 114: 'Designs of Fountains in different parts near and at Rome')
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown wash
Measurements
24.6 x 20.6 cm (sheet of paper)
