Friday, May 20, 2022

Fountain with sea monsters

Fountain with sea monsters by Pietro Tacca with Bernardino Radi and Francesco Maria Bandini, Piazza della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Fountain with sea monsters by Pietro Tacca, 1629
(With Bernardino Radi and Francesco Maria Bandini)
Piazza della Santissima Annunziata
Florence, December 2021

“Two bronze fountains originally destined for Livorno (c. 1629), still in a highly Mannerist style indebted to Flemish Mannerist goldsmith's work for their grotesque masks and shellwork textures, were set up instead in Piazza della SS. Annunziata, Florence.” (Pietro Tacca, Wikipedia)

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