Project for a Fountain
Unknown Maker
A statue of Neptune stands in a niche which is flanked by narrow wall panels. The water pours from a dolphin. The plan underneath shows that the wall with the niche stands between two water basins, in front and in the rear. Underneath: the scale, "Dodeci Palmi Romani".
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
1800-1825
Pen and black ink, brush and gray and blue wash, traces of graphite, on off-white laid paper
1901-39-386
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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