ID: 700009069 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009069	Record Type: Built Work
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Four Rivers Fountain (fountain; Gianlorenzo Bernini; for Pope Innocent X; 1648-1651; Piazza Navona (Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italia, Europe, World, Top...)

Note: Located in Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy; constructed for Pope Innocent X to face his family home, the Palazzo Pamphili. Topped by an ancient obelisk. The rivers represent the extent of the influence of Innocent X and the papacy in the four continents: the Nile representing Africa, the Danube representing Europe, the Ganges representing Asia, and the Río de la Plata representing the Americas.

Titles:

Four Rivers Fountain (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi (C,U,Italian,U,U)

Fountain of the Four Rivers (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

fountain [300006179] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1648-1651

Creator Display:

Gianlorenzo Bernini; for Pope Innocent X [preferred]

creator Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (Italian sculptor, architect, 1598-1680) [500032022]

patron Innocent X, Pope (Italian pope, 1574-1655) [500281685]

Locations:

Current: Piazza Navona [7544539] Rome (inhabited place), Roma province (province), Lazio (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 41°53′56″N 12°28′23″E

Other: Creation: Egypt [7014986] Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: marble

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

structures (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	rivers [300008707]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)

	Nile River [1127805]
	.....(Africa (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Ganges River [7001674]
	.....(Asia (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Danube River [7012913]
	.....(Europe (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Río de la Plata [7006478]
	.....(South America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

Sources and Contributors:
Four Rivers Fountain	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Fountain of the Four Rivers	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)