Castiglione Olona
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00918CAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: S. Giovanni in Bragora in Venice and the font in the Carona Parish Church.
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistery of Chiesa di Villa (one of the towers of the old castle known as Collegiata).
Church Notes: Baptistery murals painted by Masolino da Panicale.
Site Location: Varese, Lombardia, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Castiglione Olona is a small town about 40 km northwest of Milan and 20 km south of the shore of the Lake of Lugano.
Font Notes:
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Putti support the basin and a scene of St.John baptising Christ on the bowl.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 490926 5066278
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
REFERENCES
- Pulin, Carol, "Early Renaissance Sculpture and Architecture at Castiglione Olona in Northern Italy and the Patronage of a Humanist, Cardinal Branda Castiglione", 1984, p. 269-276