# Study for the Fontana del Tritone [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BERNINI, Gian Lorenzo]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Pen and brown wash, 319 x 263 mm ## Commentary This drawing is a study for the whole design of the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1640/tritone1.html'\)" href="/html/b/bernini/gianlore/sculptur/1640/tritone1.html">Fontana del Tritone,</a> Piazza Barberini, Rome. Triton is viewed from the front with his conch raised to his mouth. He is seated on an open shell supported by dolphins, with the Barberini papal insignia held between their raised tails. ## Related artworks - [A portrait of a Man]() - [A seated male nude]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius \(detail\)]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius]() - [Altar Cross]() - [Angel]() - [Angel with the Column]() - [Angel with the Crown of Thorns]() - [Angel with the Superscription]() - [Angels on Ponte Sant'Angelo]() - [Apollo and Daphne \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()