Camoggiano

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B01: Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist

Scene Description: several scenes of his life on the side panels

INFORMATION

FontID: 08050CAM
Museum and Inventory Number: Museo Beato Angelico di Arte Sacra di Vicchio
Church/Chapel: Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
Church Patron Saints: St. Andrew
Country Name: Italy
Location: Firenze, Toscana
Directions to Site: Located in the Mugello area, on the road between Barberino and Montecuccoli
Font Location in Church: [In 1999 the font was kept at the Museo di Arte Sacra di Bicchio]
Date: ca. 1505?
Century and Period: 16th century(early?),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: [cf. FontNotes]
"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 This same source corrects the attribution to the Della Robbia workshop and informas 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.

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