Recto: Fountain Design with Oceanus and the River Gods Arno and Tiber
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1570
name: label: Artist
content: Jacopo Zucchi, Italian, ca. 1541– ca. 1590
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The figure of Oceanus, crowned with seaweed and spewing water, emerges from a mass of waves at the top of the fountain design. Beneath him, reclining in octagonal basin decorated with marine motifs, are river gods Arno on the right and Tiber on the left. Each river god hoists an urn from which water flows and is joined by his respective attributes: the lion for Florence (Arno) and Romulus, Remus and the Wolf for Rome (Tiber). Alternative treatments for base ornaments are shown.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1992-93-1
objectType: label: Type
content: tableware designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Black chalk, pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 30.2 x 26.3 cm (11 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)