- Description: Trevi Fountain, the largest Baroque fountain in Rome. In 1629 Pope Urban VIII asked Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sketch possible renovations, but when the Pope died, the project was abandoned. Bernini's lasting contribution was to resite the fountain from the other side of the square to face the Quirinal Palace (so the Pope could look down and enjoy it). Though Bernini's project was torn down for Salvi's fountain, there are many Bernini touches in the fountain as it was built. An early, striking and influential model by Pietro da Cortona, preserved in the Albertina, Vienna, also exists, as do various early 18th century sketches, most unsigned, as well as a project attributed to Nicola Michetti, one attributed to Ferdinando Fuga and a French design by Edme Bouchardon.
- Owner: Sanjin Perisic
- Keywords: antiquities, architecture and buildings, baroque style, fontana, lazio, marble, rome, statue, trevi fountain, tufa
- Title: Fontana di Trevi, Rome
- ID: 7948
- Pixels: 4000x3000
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