Font of the Sienna Baptistery
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Font of the Sienna Baptistery
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Published 2018-08-02T11:40:45+00:00
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The baptismal font designed by Jacopo della Quercia is the result of a collaboration a collection of some of the world's most renowned sculptors of the mid 1400s. The polygonal basic is Gothic, from which a high Renaissance construction emerges. On top of the original sculpture (not featured on this cast) is the statue of St John, made by Quercia. The bronze reliefs and the statues in the niches are the works of Quercia, Donatello and Ghiberti.
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| Date published | 02/08/2018 |
| Complexity | Medium |
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| Title | Font of the Sienna Baptistery |
| Date | ca. 1417 |
| Dimension | Height 402 cm (including top sculpture) |
| Accession | Public |
| Period | Gothic and High Renaissance |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Record | https://www.wga.hu/html_m/d/donatell/1_early/siena/1font.html |
| Artist | Jacopo della Quercia |
| Place | Russian Academy |
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