Lucca No. 4
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Results: 9 records
B01: angel - cherub - 4
Scene Description: one on each side of the basin
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B02: design element - motifs - garland
Scene Description: on each side of the basin
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view of font - upper view
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view of font - side
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view of font - front side
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view of font in context
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view of font in context
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view of basin - interior
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13041LUC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Chiesa di Santi Giovanni e Reparata, Lucca
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John & St. Mary
Church Address: Piazza S. Giovanni, 55100 Lucca LU, Italy -- Tel.: +39 0583 490530
Site Location: Lucca, Toscana, Italy, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the SS12, about 20 km NE of Pisa. The church is located in the walled city centre, near Via Duomo.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocesi di Lucca
Font Notes:
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Bath-tub shaped marble baptismal font probably of the 17th or 18th century; the inside of the well is divide into two compartments as French fonts of the 16th century often are; the outside of the basin is decorated with winged cherub heads and garlands at 90-degree angles. A notice by the font informs that it is where Beata Maria Domenica Brun Barbantini was baptised on 17 January 1789. [cf. Index entry for Lucca No. 3 for an earlier font in the same church]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 620897 4855320
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.84107, 10.50391
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 50′ 27.85″ N, 10° 30′ 14.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval