Fontana del Tritone, Rome Piazza Barberini has changed significantly since the seventeenth century. Engravings of the time and photographs from the nineteenth century show much lower buildings around the piazza, which would have made the fountain much more dramatic. However, it is a tribute to the artistic judgement of Bernini that even now, with tall buildings around the traffic-ridden piazza, that the Triton Fountain can still maintain a dramatic presence. Fontana del Tritone, Rome Fontana del Tritone ("Triton Fountain") is a seventeenth-century fountain in Rome, by the Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Commissioned by his patron, Pope Urban VIII, the fountain is located in
Arts in Rome Corsini, located in Trastevere, was built by Cardinal Neri Maria Corsini (grandson of Pope Clement XII) in the first half of the 18th century. It now houses the Corsini Gallery and the seat of Accademia dei Lincei; the Orto botanico di Roma is located in the garden. The Palazzo Barberini was built between 1625 and 1633. It is located in the Via delle Quattro Fontane, near the Piazza Barberini. It was the seat of the Barberini family and now houses the National Gallery of Ancient Art and the Italian Institute of Numismatics. The Palazzo Del Drago Gentili Boccapaduli is located