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Avenue Giuseppe Motta
(Jardins de l'OMPI)

Naïades

Naiads

Type of water nymph (female spirit) who presided over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water
(Wikipedia)

Giambologna
1978 (copy)

Description

Outside the WIPO building, just below the conference room, water cascades into a pool from a 65 meter wide fountain which is graced with two nymphs originally sculptured by the 16th century Florentine sculptor Gimabologna.

Information Sign

naïade
par giambologna (1529-1608)

copie de la sculpture se trouvant
a la fontaine de neptune
piazza della signoria,
florence

Sculptor

Giambologna, or Jean Boulogne, incorrectly known as Giovanni da Bologna and Giovanni Bologna (Douai 1529 - Florence 1608), sculptor, known for his marble and bronze statuary in a late Renaissance or Mannerist style (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

World Intellectual Propertyu Organization (WIPO) - l'Organisation Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OMPI), About the WIPO Headquarters building.

Locatie (N 46°13'18" - E 6°8'14") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: chge059; Photograph: 6 June 2013
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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