The Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi, or Fountain of the Four Rivers, was executed by the great Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) between 1648 and 1651 as a special commission by Pope Innocent X. The result ...

However, in this case, the obelisk is surrounded by one of Bernini's masterpieces: Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi. The four figures at each corner of the statue are a personification of the four rivers ...