Fountain of the Arts

Fountain of the Arts

Along the Road of Via Margutta there lies the small “Fontana delle Arti”, with a triangular base, crowned by a bucket of paint-brushes (in relation to the presence of artists prevailing in the area dating from 17th century). Carved in 1927, in marble, according to the project of architect Pietro Lombardi, who had also designed other small “fontanelle” located all around Rome, usually inspired to the coats of arms of the ancient roman quarter rione or to their traditional activities.Two masks are to the opposite sides, mounted over marble painter supports, one is sad and the other happy, this showing the alternate mood typical of artists, sprinkling their weak water jet in two small bathtubs.