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| Keywords: Italian - Wall Fountain - Walters 27344 - Installation.jpg When originally installed water would have spouted from the mouths of the two lions The access to fresh water was central to the health and well-being of a city so fountains were often designed in archtectural styles consistent with those used for neighboring buildings This basin rests on four short columns 27 433 27 434 27 435 27 436 which have no original relationship to it In the Renaissance functional sculpture in public places was often cobbled together from separate parts For another wall fountain see 27 320 ca 1450 1500 Renaissance Red Verona marble cm 39 4 46 accession number 27 344 1910 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Po Region in present-day Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
