Venice No. 1 / Venezia
INFORMATION
Font ID: 00919SAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Castiglione Olona and Carona
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di S. Giovanni in Bragora
Font Location in Church: Off the Canal Grande, corner of Strada Nuova and Rio di Noale
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John
Church Notes: church founded 8thC; re-built 9thC, 1178, late-15thC
Church Address: Campiello del Piovan, 3790, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy -- Tel.: +39 041 520 5906
Site Location: Venezia, Veneto, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the Canal Grande, corner of Strada Nuova and Rio di Noale
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (from the earlier medieval churches here)
Font Notes:
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Octagonal baptismal font of the 15th century in red marble; carries Gritti coat of arms. Pulin (1984: 269-276); Mehling (1988: 59)
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 292490 5034633
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.4344, 12.347
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 26′ 3.84″ N, 12° 20′ 49.2″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (red) (basin) and pietra d'Istria (base)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Phaidon, Venice and the Veneto: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Oxford: Phaidon, 1988, p. 59
- 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