Fontana del Tritone

The Triton Fountain ( Italian: Fontana del Tritone ) in Rome is a 1642 to 1643 created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini Fountain of the High Baroque.

The fountain is located in the center of Piazza Barberini in the old town near the Palazzo Barberini. It was a commissioned work, the follow-up to redesign the square ( also by Bernini ). The client was his patron Maffeo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII

Description

The Roman travertine from Tivoli carved from fountain consists of four the pedestal forming dolphins that carry two wide-open clam shell halves on their tail fins. In this shell halves sits an oversized muscular Triton, consisting of a conch a fountain spewing upward. Between the dolphins, the tiara, the keys of Peter, and the arms of the Barberini are arranged.

Others

The fountain served nature of the supply of the population with water. He was doing fed by the Acqua Felice aqueduct, restored it to Pope Urban VIII. The work was first created by Bernini fountain and also his last major commission for the Pope. The, also designed by Bernini small bees Fountain ( Fontana delle Api, 1644) is located on the north side of the square.

By the end of the 18th century unknown bodies were presented so that the inhabitants were able to identify this.

Other Triton Fountain of the Renaissance and Baroque

The representation of tritons was exceedingly common in the well organization of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, in Europe there are countless well with the presentation of this mythological figure. A similar Triton Fountain by Carlo Bizzaccheri, is in Rome's Piazza Bocca della Verità. Some other well-known examples that bear the name " Triton Fountain ", are:

• Valletta in Malta
• Mannheim (water tower)
• Nuremberg
• Dusseldorf
• Aachen