Fountain in Piazza del Campidoglio
Title
Fountain in Piazza del Campidoglio
Description
Matteo Barolani da Castella, the winner of the fountain's design competition, designed a fountain for the Piazza del Campidoglio, the top of the Capitoline Hill, in 1589. Two fountains, at the foot of Michaelangelo's stops, statues of reclining river gods figures, Nile on the left and Tiber on the right, with basins below them can be seen in a seventeenth century etching of the senatorial stairs at the Piazza del Campidoglio.
The original fountain was supposed to be much grander, but a design (with five basins, not two which was eventually executed) was modified in order to keep the integrity of Michaelangelo's design of the piazza. Nevertheless, these fountains celebrate Sixtus V's gift of water amongst the contributions of the great Michaelangelo.
The original fountain was supposed to be much grander, but a design (with five basins, not two which was eventually executed) was modified in order to keep the integrity of Michaelangelo's design of the piazza. Nevertheless, these fountains celebrate Sixtus V's gift of water amongst the contributions of the great Michaelangelo.
Creator
Matteo Barolani da Castella
Source
Rinne, Katherine Wentworth. "Aquae Urbis Romae." Waters of Rome. http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/waters/.
Morton, H. V. The Fountains of Rome. New York: Macmillan, 1966.
Morton, H. V. The Fountains of Rome. New York: Macmillan, 1966.
Publisher
Comune di Roma
Date
1589
Type
Fountain
Coverage
Rome, Italy
Citation
Matteo Barolani da Castella, “Fountain in Piazza del Campidoglio,” Italian Baroque Art, accessed January 24, 2021, https://baroque.trinity.duke.edu/items/show/467.