Corner Akroter Small 257×320 Medium 515×640 Large 823×1024 Download Tiff Original 1930×2400 | (673.6 KB) Description This corner akroter is found on a fountain in the Certosa near Florence. Designed during the Italian Renaissance, it serves as an ornamental finish to the apex of a gable. Keywords .it, akroter, apex, Certosa, florence, Gable, Italian Renaissance, Italian Renascence, Italy, ornamental Galleries Acroteria Source: Meyer, Franz Sales Handbook of Ornament (New York, NY: The Bruno Hessling Company, 1904) Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman
