Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy) : Fountain of the Organ (Fontana dell'Organo), detail of a head at the lower left
- Creator:
- Ligorio, Pirro, ca. 1500-1583
- Published/Created:
- Tivoli, Lazio, Italy
1550-1572 - Date Depicted:
- 5/1/1996
1500 AD - 1699 AD - Notes:
- Villa on the edge of the town, famous for its fine gardens with their spectacular fountains and waterworks. In 1550 Ippolito II d'Este (i), Cardinal of Ferrara, was appointed governor of Tivoli. He decided to transform the governor's residence located in a portion of an old run-down Benedictine monastery attached to S Maria Maggiore into a lavish villa with splendid gardens devised by Pirro Ligorio. By using ancient statues, some excavated from Hadrian's Villa [which is nearby], and contemporary fountain sculpture, Ligorio devised an elaborate iconographical garden layout celebrating the Cardinal. The villa itself is, in architectural terms, somewhat plain. Ligorio did, however, execute a fine staircase loggia on the garden front.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 16th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-LP-VE-I7
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
houses: country houses: villas (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architectural exteriors construction buildings; dwellings; houses; country houses; villas
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Base Collection
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/1/1996 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10090049
- PID:
- digcoll:1852174