Fontana del Moro At The Piazza Navona In Rome Italy Canvas Print

Fontana del Moro (Moor Fountain) is a fountain located at the southern end of the Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy. It represents a Moor, or African (perhaps originally meant to be Neptune), standing in a conch shell, wrestling with a dolphin, surrounded by four Tritons. It is placed in a basin of rose-colored marble.The fountain was originally designed by Giacomo della Porta in 1575 with the dolphin and four Tritons. In 1653, the statue of the Moor, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, was added. In 1874, during a restoration of the fountain, the original statues were moved to the Galleria Borghese and replaced with copies.

Rick Rosenshein currently lives in Gowen, Michigan and is a self taught artistic photographer. His interest and desire to capture those special moments in time have led him to take some poetically beautiful photographs. He has a keen eye for composition along with capturing architectural art from unusual angles and vantage points. He has traveled to many countries in Europe along with visiting Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Faroe Island, Shetland Islands, The Greek Islands and many states throughout the United States and provinces in Canada. Almost all of his photographs come from his travels alongside his best friend and wife Veronica, who can often be seen yelling at him to get out of the road because of oncoming traffic or to get down from...