Cerreto Guidi

INFORMATION

Font ID: 05001CER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1500?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early)?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Giovanni della Robbia
Church / Chapel Name: Pieve di San Leonardo
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leonard
Site Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Empoli, to the west of Firenze
Font Notes:
Described in the WEB site "I dintorni di Firenze: l'empolese e la Val d'Elsa" (p. 3) as "bellissimo fonte battesimale, opera di Giovanni della Robbia"; since Della Robbia lived between 1469 and 1529(?), the font probably dates from the late 15th or early 16th century.

REFERENCES

  • 2001. [URL discontinued / non active]. URL: http://www.firenze.turismo.it/apt/dintorni/empolese.html.