Cerreto Guidi

INFORMATION

FontID: 05001CER
Church/Chapel: Pieve di San Leonardo
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Country Name: Italy
Location: Firenze, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located 8 km NW of Empoli, to the west of Firenze
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1500?
Century and Period: 16th century(early)?,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Giovanni della Robbia
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.