The Court of Neptune Fountain [SEP] creator
The Court of Neptune Fountain
The Court of Neptune Fountain is a group of bronze sculptures, by Roland Hinton Perry in 1897-1898. Jerome Connor may have assisted in the manufacture of the sculptures.
They are located at the Library of Congress, at Independence Avenue and 1st St S.E. Washington, D.C. The god Neptune is flanked by figures of the Tritons, each blowing a conch shell.
See also.
- History of fountains in the United States
- List of public art in Washington, D.C.,
by the scientist-humanist Francesco Maurolico who, probably, was also the creator of most of the Neoplatonic-alchemical program for the fountain. On the perimeter are eight oval reliefs, all with subjects taken from Ovid's "Metamorphoses". In 1553 this fountain was finished, and he was commissioned for another fountain - the "Fountain of Neptune". 
This was a complete break with tradition with regards to fountain design. Previously fountains had mainly been either a basin with a small figure, such as Donatello's winged