Fontana coll'Obelisco nel circo Agonale (Fountain of the Four Rivers), Antonio Acquaroni, Ca. 1837, Graphic Art, Aquatint, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the artistic genius overshadowed all others in the Rome of his day. His fountain in the Piazza Navona, symbolising four rivers, was made in 1648-51, commissioned by Pope Innocent the Tenth (1574-1655). The four figures in the fountain are allegories for the rivers Nile, Danube, Ganges and Plate and represent Africa, Europe, Asia and America. At the centre of the fountain there is an Egyptian obelisk that was brought to Rome by the Emperor Caracalla (188-217 BC)., Paper, Color, Printer's ink, Aquatint, Printet, Height (plate size) 350 mm, Height (paper size) 400 mm, Width (plate size) 290 mm, Width (paper size) 340 mm, Giovanni Bernini inv. e scul, Ant. Aquaroni dis e inc, Fontana dell' Obelisco nel Circo Agonale, Graphic Design, European, Modernity (1800 - 1914)
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