Design for a Fountain with Two Basins One on Top of the Other and Statues of Venus and Putti on the Top.
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Francesco Fanelli
Artist bio: Italian, born Florence 1577, active Genoa (1605–30) and England (1632–39)
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1608–65
Medium: Pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash over traces of graphite, with vertical line in graphite through the center to create the symmetry of the design
Dimensions: sheet: 7 13/16 x 6 1/4 in. (19.9 x 15.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase Anne and Carl Stern Gift, 1968
Accession year: 1968
Tags: Fountains|Putti|Venus