View of the courtyard
by DALMATA, Giovanni, Photo
From 1481 Giovanni Dalmata was employed in Hungary by King Matthias Corvinus. Many of his works there have been destroyed, but a bas-relief of the Virgin with Two Female Saints (Magyar Nemzeti Gal�ria, Budapest), the octagonal fountain and the statue of Hercules with the Hydra of Lerna, both in Visegrad Palace, and some decorative fragments in the Palace at Buda survive. He was presented with a castle by the King in 1488 but never took possession of it. On the King’s death in 1490, Giovanni returned to Italy.
The photo shows the red marble octagonal fountain in the courtyard.