Design for the Fontana di Venere e Adone, Reggia di Caserta, Naples
Object type: Drawing Collection Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Fedele Fischetti
Artist bio: Italian, Naples 1732–1792 Naples
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1780
Medium: Pen and black ink, gray wash, over black chalk
Dimensions: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 21 7/16 in. (27.5 x 54.5 cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Edward Pearce Casey Fund, 2012


Accession year: 2012
Tags: Fountains|Cupid|Adonis|Venus|Deer