Laura Itzkowitz The centuries-old Piazza Navona is perhaps one of the best ... including one by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Fountain of the Four Rivers) and another by Francesco Borromini (Sant'Agnese ...

The Triton sculpture now at the Rijksmuseum was created by Bernini as a study for the Fountain of the Moor on Rome’s Piazza Navona, commissioned by Pope Innocent X in the 1650s. In it ...

referenced in an invoice from the artist in 1655—represented Bernini’s initial ideas for a marble statue for a fountain on Piazza Navona, one of Rome’s most important squares, commissioned ...

The catalogue - online from today with the first 94 works catalogued for the Middle Ages - presents 560 entries in Italian ...

The work is a terracotta model of the statue Bernini made for a fountain in the Piazza Navona in Rome in 1653. It then came into the possession of an Italian family. The sculptor was an important ...

It’s the most boring and thankfully also the shortest month of the year. Don’t worry. There is plenty to perk you up and ...

In the mid-17th century, Pope Innocent X commissioned Gian Lorenzo Bernini—Rome’s premiere Baroque sculptor—to redecorate two of the fountains in the city’s famous Piazza Navona.

and made the celebrated Fontana dei quattro fiumi (Fountain of the Four Rivers), located at the heart of Piazza Navona in Rome. The pope subsequently also commissioned Bernini to embellish the two ...

Dubai Fountain will be closed for five months to undergo a comprehensive renovation to offer improved choreography and enhanced lighting and sound system, Emaar Properties said on Wednesday.

Celebrating its 71st edition this year, the Winter Show remains one of the oldest and most distinguished fairs, offering a quintessentially sumptuous Upper East Side experience. Staged in the ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: A normal ticket includes the Colosseum, Roman Forum and Palatine Hill (valid for 24 hours) and you can visit all three in one day. It doesn't include a visit to the ...