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16 Sculpture Detail on Orion Fountain in Messina, Italy

If the design and craftsmanship of this bearded statue looks familiar, it should. It was sculpted by Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli who was a Michelangelo protégé from 1521 until1534. This sculpture is one of four allegories for the rivers Tiber, Nile, Ebro and Camaro. They are among several female forms, dolphins and tritons surrounding the Orion Fountain in Messina, Italy.

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Sculpture Detail on Orion Fountain in Messina, Italy

Piazza Duomo 98122 Messina ME, Italy

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