# Artichoke Fountain \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [SUSINI, Francesco]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Marble and bronze ## Commentary The Artichoke Fountain serves as a link between the architecture of the Pitti Palace and the amphitheatre with the extensive garden behind it. From the octagonal basin adorned with numerous statues rise two marble bowls with a bronze artichoke as the crowning finial on top, which gave the fountain its popular name. ## Related artworks - [Artichoke Fountain]() - [Artichoke Fountain]() - [David with the Head of Goliath]() - [Fraud]() - [Illustration from "Disegni e misure e regole"]() - [Illustration from "Disegni e misure e regole"]() - [Illustration from "Disegni e misure e regole"]() - [Kneeling Woman Bathing]() - [Laocoön]() - [Saccomazzone Players]() - [Striding Bull]() - [Striding Horse]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()