Venice No. 6 / Venezia
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Image and permission received (e-mail of 4 March 2012)
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view of base
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 17 February 2012 by Colin Smith
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: John the Baptist at the raised centre of the inner basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 17 February 2012 by Colin Smith
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view of church exterior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Radomil, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 September 2004 by Radomil [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wenecja_Santa_Maria_della_Salute.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2012]
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view of church interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2012 by Colin Smith
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colin Smith, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2012 by Colin Smith
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 4 March 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 17989VEN
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Italy
Location: Venezia, Veneto
Directions to Site: Located at the E mouth of the Grand Canal, Dorsoduro sestiere
Ecclesiastic Region: Patriarcato di Venezia
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Colin Smith for his photographs of this church and font
Font Notes:
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Large holy-water stoup consisting of a wide and shallow round basin made of white marble and decorated with a torus and scotia around the upper side, and ribbed pattern on the underbowl; the centre of the inner basin is raised and has a statue of John the Baptist on it; raised on a cross-base pedestal decorated with putti heads, scrolls, foliage, etc.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.430833, 12.334444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 25′ 51″ N, 12° 20′ 4″ E
UTM: 33T 291495 5034269
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining