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Fontana dei Putti

Giovanni Antonio Cybei (1706–1784) Giuseppe Vacca

Fontana dei Putti (Fountain of the Putti or Fountain with Angels), located in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy.

The fountain features three colossal putti (cherubs) sculpted from Carrara marble by Giovanni Antonio Cybei between 1763 and 1765.

The figures are depicted holding the coats of arms of Pisa and the Opera del Duomo.

he fountain base was created earlier by Giuseppe Vacca in 1746.

Object description
Type: Fountain
Location: Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, Italy
Material: Marble
Artist: Giovanni Antonio Cybei (1706–1784), Giuseppe Vacca
Date: 1746, 1763-5

Image Details
Date: 11 May 2018
Camera body: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal Length: 116mm
Aperture: ƒ/4.5
Shutter Speed: 1/1,000s
ISO: 200
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International


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