Design for a Fountain with Neptune in his Chariot, ca. 1740–60, Black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, Sheet: 10 11/16 × 10 9/16 in. (27.1 × 26.8 cm), Francesco Fontebasso (Italian, Venice 1707–1769 Venice), Design for a fountain with the figure of Neptune in his chariot. The outline of the fountain describes a pyramid with Neptune on his shell-shaped chariot in the center at the top, flanked by two seated nymphs and four hippocampi at the bottom of the design drawing the chariot
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Design, Fountain, Neptune, Chariot, ca, 1740–60, Black, red chalk, pen, brown ink, wash, Sheet, 10 11/16, 9/16, 27.1, 26.8 cm, Francesco Fontebasso, Italian, Venice, 1707–1769, fountain, figure, chariot, outline, fountain describes, pyramid, shell-shaped chariot, center, top, flanked, two seated nymphs, four hippocampi, bottom, design drawing
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