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Print, Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers

This is a Print. It was print maker: Francois de Poilly the younger and sculpted by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini. It is dated ca. 1707 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

70.5 × 48.4 cm (27 3/4 × 19 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Four-line Latin inscription above. Belot, lower right: "Franciscus Poilly/Io. Iacobus de Rubeis form. Romae à Templum Sta. Ma. de Pace."; lower left: "opus Equitis Joannis Laurentis Bernini."

Cite this object as

Print, Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers; Sculpted by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini (1598 – 1680); Print Maker: Francois de Poilly the younger (French, 1671 – 1723); Italy; engraving on paper; 70.5 × 48.4 cm (27 3/4 × 19 1/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-94-66

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