Project for a Fountain

Unknown Maker

A statue of Neptune stands in a niche which is flanked by narrow wall panels. The water pours from a dolphin. The plan underneath shows that the wall with the niche stands between two water basins, in front and in the rear. Underneath: the scale, "Dodeci Palmi Romani".

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors

1800-1825

Pen and black ink, brush and gray and blue wash, traces of graphite, on off-white laid paper

1901-39-386

Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020