ID: 700001261 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001261	Record Type: Movable Work
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Augustus Fountain (fountain; primary designer Adriaen de Vries, with bronze statues by Hu...; 1594; Augsburg (Bayern, Deutschland, Europe, World, Top of the TGN...)

Note: Erected in 1594 to commemorate the city’s 1600th birthday; subject is the Roman founder, Roman emperor Augustus. Designed by Hubert Gerhard. Located before the Town Hall. The four figures at the base of the fountain symbolize Augsburg’s abundant water supply and represent its four rivers: the Lech with an oar, the Wertach with a water mill, the Singold with a cornucopia and the Brunnenbach with a fishnet.

Titles:

Augustus Fountain (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Fountain of Augustus (C,U,English,U,U)

Augustusbrunnen (C,U,German-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

fountain [300006179] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, hydraulic structures, <hydraulic structures by function>, water distribution structures)

sculpture (visual works) [300047090]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1594

Creator Display:

primary designer Adriaen de Vries, with bronze statues by Hubert Gerhard [preferred,VP]

sculptor Gerhard, Hubert (Dutch sculptor, born ca. 1540-1550, died before 1621, active in Germany) [500016667]

designer Vries, Adriaen de (Dutch sculptor, ca. 1545 -1626) [500021335]

Locations:

Current: Augsburg [7004324] Bavaria (state), Germany (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: stone with bronze sculptures

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

Dimensions: unavailable

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

utilitarian objects

Specific Subjects:

	Augustus (Roman emperor, 63 BCE-14 CE) [500058949]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	rivers [300008707]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), landscapes (environments), natural landscapes, bodies of water (natural), bodies of freshwater, <bodies of freshwater by biome>, riverine bodies of water) (AAT)

Related Works:

	depicted in .... Fons amplissimus reipublicæ Augustanæ ante ipsam curiam positus [700000965]
	..........engraving (print); Kilian, Lucas (engraver, 1579-1637), after a drawing by Fran...; published 1598; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 774678; accession number: 2007.PR.104*

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Augustus Fountain	........ [VP]
	........ Blue Guide: Germany (1987)
	........ Stadt Augsburg [online] (2000-)
Fountain of Augustus	........ [VP]
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Augustusbrunnen	........ [VP]
	........ Blue Guide: Germany (1987)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Stadt Augsburg [online] (2000-) accessed 25 June 2012