Palermo No. 4
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Results: 3 records
B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan
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LB01: Old Testament - Genesis from the creation to the expulsion from paradise, and later years of Adam and Eve - Temptation and Fall - Adam, Eve and the Serpent
Scene Description: Spread over the underbowl and the base of the font
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Montserrat Estela, 2008
Image Source: Montserrat Estela [www.romanicat.net] for BSI
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09413PAL
Church/Chapel: Cattedrale di Santa Maria dell'Assunta
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: Italy
Location: Palermo, Sicilia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1797
Century and Period: 18th century (early),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Filippo Pennino and Gaetano Pennino
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Although excluded from this Index on account of its late date, 1797, the baptismal font at the Cathedral of Palermo is very much in the tradition of earlier fonts: the panels of its octagonal basin have several biblical scenes prefigurative of baptim, as well as the Baptism of Christ in its front side; the underbowl and base are dedicated to a representation of the Temptation of Adam and Eve, another classical theme on baptismal fonts. The font is the work of Filippo Pennino and Gaetano Pennino. There is an interesting engraving of this font ca. 1840, representing the font in the midst of a baptismal service [sale advertissement posted in March 2003 -price: US$28- in www.postaprint.co.uk]. There is one other early print of this font, a drawing by W.L. Leitch, engraved by J. Sands and published by Fisher & Co. [sale advertissement posted in March 2003 -price £16- in www.antiqueprints.com]. [We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for the photographs of this font]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 18th century?
Notes: [cf. Image Area]