Design for a Fountain with Sea Horses and Triton Base, Basin, Dolphins and Tritons, Three Grotesque heads and Neptune
Object type: Drawing Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Battista Franco
Artist bio: Italian, Venice ca. 1510–1561 Venice
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: ca. 1550
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: 15 1/4 x 9 3/4in. (38.7 x 24.8cm)
Classification: Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Fountains|Grotesques|Mythical Creatures|Neptune|Dolphins