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Fontana della Naiade - 'La Pupporona'

Naiad Fountain

Luigi Camolli & Lorenzo Nottolini
1842

Lucca / Fontana della Naiade - 'La Pupporona'

Description

Neoclassical marble statue of a Naiad, called by the Luccans 'pupporona', because she has her breast uncovered.

Sculptors

Luigi Camolli, Italian sculptor.
Lorenzo Nottolini (Capannori 1787 - Lucca 1851), Italian architect and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Soprintendenza patrimonio storico, artistico ed etnoantropologico e per i beni architettonici e paesaggio per le Province di Lucca e Massa Carrara, Lucca - Statuaria pubblica.

Location (N 43°50'38" - E 10°30'9")

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Item Code: itto165; Photograph: 16 May 2017
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