The fountain base, which was produced in Tuscany in the late Renaissance, includes two inscriptions in Latin disclosing that the fountain was made for Tommaso Albiani in 1570 and was restored by a family descendant named Francesco Tomei Albiani in 1791. On the other sides of the fountain base are three coats of arms referring to the family of Tommaso Albiani, his wife, and Cosimo I de’ Medicis, Duke of Florence (1537-69) and first Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574). The bottom and top basins are modern additions. The bronze statue portraying a Bacchante by Frederick William MacMonnies was added on top in 1920.
Credit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
