Camoggiano
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Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist
Scene Description: several scenes of his life on the side panels
INFORMATION
Font ID: 08050CAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1505?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]
Museum: Museo Beato Angelico di Arte Sacra di Vicchio
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea a Camoggiano
Font Location in Church: [In 1999 the font was kept at the Museo di Arte Sacra di Bicchio]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: 15thC church
Church Address: Via Sant'Andrea, 4, 50031 Barberino di Mugello FI, Italy
Site Location: Firenze, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the A1, 1-2 km W of Barberino di Mugello, about 30 km N of Florence
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Firenze
Additional Comments: Church opens on Sundays, 10:30 - 12 for services
Font Notes:
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"Inside the church is a remarkable white glazed earthenware font by della Robbia depicting scenes from the Life of St. John the Baptist" [source:www.ilgalletto.net/CHIESE DEL MUGELLO.htm]
[NB: the font was reported in 1999 at the Museo di Arte Sacra di Vicchio, in Vicchio, in the Mugello valley, indicating as provenance the church itself, but also the Museo di San Marco in Florence, as well as the Museo nazionale del Bargello, also in Florence]. A good set of images of this font is available at: http://w3.newnet.it/filo/articoli/culturastoria/arte/cafaggiolocamoggiano/camofont.htm [accessed 25 May 2025]. This same source corrects the attribution to the Della Robbia workshop and informa that the assignation to the artist Benedetto Buglioni was established by Giancarlo Gentilini (1984); also that the work of Cristiana Acidini Luchinat (1988) apported documentary information for a dating ca. 1505.
[NB: the font was reported in 1999 at the Museo di Arte Sacra di Vicchio, in Vicchio, in the Mugello valley, indicating as provenance the church itself, but also the Museo di San Marco in Florence, as well as the Museo nazionale del Bargello, also in Florence]. A good set of images of this font is available at: http://w3.newnet.it/filo/articoli/culturastoria/arte/cafaggiolocamoggiano/camofont.htm [accessed 25 May 2025]. This same source corrects the attribution to the Della Robbia workshop and informa that the assignation to the artist Benedetto Buglioni was established by Giancarlo Gentilini (1984); also that the work of Cristiana Acidini Luchinat (1988) apported documentary information for a dating ca. 1505.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 678344 4873925
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.996824, 11.224316
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 59′ 48.56″ N, 11° 13′ 27.54″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: ceramic, earthenware (glazed)
Font Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 120 x 85 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 162 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * http://w3.newnet.it/filo/articoli/culturastoria/arte/cafaggiolocamoggiano/camofont.htm