Wall fountain
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- H. 16'3" (4.953 m.); W. 12'9-1/2" (3.899 m.)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1971
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Artistic Disciplines
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Architecture Both · 95%
The work is visibly conceived as a monumental architectural façade with columns, entablatures, niches, a central arch, and a crowning crest; the catalog classifies it as Sculpture-Architectural.
Subject Matter
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Water Both · 98%
A projecting basin and carved spout visibly identify the object as a fountain, consistent with the catalog title Wall fountain.
Visual Qualities
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Symmetrical Visual · 99%
The façade is organized around a strong central axis, with paired columns, side niches, volutes, upper vessels, and ornamental elements balanced on either side.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%
The surface is densely enriched with carved foliage, shells, scrolls, fluting, bead-like moldings, masks, and layered architectural ornament.
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Curvilinear Forms Visual · 95%
Scroll volutes, shell forms, curved garlands, rounded basin elements, and foliate motifs contrast with the façade’s rectilinear framework.
Medium and Techniques
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Sculpture Both · 99%
The object is a three-dimensional architectural sculpture with extensive carved ornament, and the catalog classification is Sculpture-Architectural.
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Relief Visual · 93%
The façade combines projecting architectural elements with extensive carved ornament and recessed relief decoration across its panels, moldings, and crest.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1527–34.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog identifies Simone Mosca as Italian and gives his associated places as Settignano and Orvieto.
Materials
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Stone Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies grey sandstone (pietra serena) as the medium; the image correspondingly shows a unified grey stone surface.
Source & rights
Simone Mosca. Wall fountain. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.