Is entirely outside the fountain and one is naturally inclined to go next to him to see if he actually manages to catch a fish.ĭonnerbrunnen originals at the Great Hall of Lower Belvedere (inset) detail of an engraving showing that for a period the fountain was reduced in size and only the central group was left In portraying the River Traun, Donner had an extraordinary idea the river, portrayed as a young fisherman, A fine example of this method by Melchiorre Caffa, a scholar of Bernini, can be seen in S. Outside the architectural elements (very often a niche, in the case of sculptures) whichįramed them. It shows four naked figures representing the principal rivers of Austria, all tributaries of the Danube, which is symbolized by putti surrounding the statue of Providentia, a personification of good government.īaroque artists used to surprise the viewer by placing parts of their sculptures (or paintings) Donner thought of providing Vienna with aįountain of the Four Rivers, the name given to a fountain designed by Bernini for Pope Innocent X in Piazza Navona. Georg Raphael Donner, a sculptor who had learned the art from Giuliano Giuliani,Ī leading artist of the previous generation. ![]() ![]() The municipality of Vienna commissioned in 1737 a fountain to (left) Donnerbrunnen in Neuer Markt (in 2005) (right) the River Traun In 1948 some Roman houses of Vindobona were discovered under Hoher Markt. It is not a very Romanįountain in the sense that water plays a very minor role in its design, because of low pressure the curved ends of the bronze canopy however are directly derived from the baldachin designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini with the assistance of Francesco Borromini. Josef Emmanuel Fischer von Erlach with input from his father Johann Bernard. (left) Vermahlungsbrunnen (right) detail of the baldachin (inset) detail of the baldachin in S. It was replaced by a marble one at the initiative of Emperor Charles VI and in conjunction with the opening of a new water conduit. a wooden monument to the Marriage of Joseph and Mary which was erected to fulfil a vow made in 1702 by Emperor Leopold I for the safe return from the war of his son Joseph. In origin Hoher Markt was decorated with a religious emblem, i.e. John Russell - A Tour in Germany, and Some of the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire - 1825 (.) The best of these squares happen to be in parts of the city where the fashionable world does not often intrude they are not planted, but excellently paved they are not gaudy with palaces, but surrounded by the busy shops and substantial and comfortable dwellings of happy citizens, and are commonly adorned with some religious emblem (as at Graben) or a public fountain. Vienna has some very noble public squares. Hoher Markt (Higher/Older Market) and Vermahlungsbrunnen (Fountain of the Marriage) in an 1849 print The best known XVIIIth century Roman fountain. The image used as aīackground for this page shows a detail of Fontana di Trevi, In the XVIIIth century Rome was already renowned for its fountainsĪnd features of some of them can be seen in those of Vienna. You may wish to read an introduction to the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nations first. Kunst und Kultur Wien, Brunnen in Wien.(Emperor Joseph II portrayed as Infant Hercules - 1806 Monument in Josefsplatz by Franz Anton Zauner).Georg Raphael Donner (Essling, Wien 1693 - Wien 1741),.They named the fountain after its sculptor, "Donner Fountain". The official name of the fountain is "Providentia Fountain", but that difficult name was not used by the people. ![]() The original sculptures are placed in the Unteren Belvedere. In 1871, the city of Vienna decided to make copies of the fountain figures in bronze. But the soft lead suffered greatly from the weather. On the contrary: he restored the sculptures in 1801 and even accomplished it that the fountain was erected again. ![]() Fischer however recognized the high artistic value and did not let them melt. The sculptures were handed over to the sculptor Johann Martin Fischer to melt. In 1770 it was removed because the puritanical Empress Maria Theresa was offended by the nudity of the river figures.
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