Roma No. 20 / Vaticano
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 13050ROM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: San Pietro in Vaticano
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: Piazza San Pietro, 00120 Città del Vaticano, Vatican City -- Tel.: +39 06 6988 3462
Site Location: Vaticano, Santa Sede / Vaticano, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the Vatican city
Font Notes:
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One of the coloured marble holy-water stoups, consisting of a shallow round basin with a pronounced lip and a deep scotia at the upper rim, raised on a round baluster-type base and a square pyramidal lower base; set near one of the marble pillars of the nave, it has a pair of bronze tritons with entangled tails, the tails against the pillar and the heads on the rim of the stoup.
COORDINATES
UTM: 33T 288761 4642057
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 41.902222, 12.453333
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 41° 54′ 8″ N, 12° 27′ 12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round