Siena
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B01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan
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BF01: human figure - 4
Scene Description: at the angles of the square basin
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New Testament - Herod - Feast of Herod
Scene Description: Bronze by Donatello
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Image Source: Roberto Marini/THAIS [www.thais.it/scultura/sch00094.htm]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05565SIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Jacopo della Quercia and Donatello
Church / Chapel Name: Duomo
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery, on the west side of the main nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Giovanni
Site Location: Siena, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Piazza del Duomo (open 7:30 am to 7:30 pm throughought the summer months)
Font Notes:
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Described in Bond (1908: 27) as "a beautiful quattrocento tank at S. Giovanni, Siena, by Jacopo della Quercia". One side of this font has a scene of the Baptism of Christ in the River Jordan at the hands of John the Baptist with several angels (?) in attendance. The THAIS web site [www.thais.it/scultura/sch00094.htm] identifies one of the bronzes [The feast of Herod] carved between 1423 and 1427. as the work of Donatello.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: raised tank, square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Notes on Measurements: [the "Feast of Herod" bronze measyres 60 cm in height -- source: www.thais.it/scultura/sch00094.htm]
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 27