Baptismal font in the Baptistery, Siena (1427-30)
by Jacopo della QUERCIA

The baptismal font in the Baptistery in Siena, designed by Jacopo della Quercia, is the result of a cooperation of the best contemporary sculptors. The polygonal basin is Gothic from which a high Renaissance construction emerges. On the top there 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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Baptismal font
1427-30
Marble, gilded bronze, enamel, height 402 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font
1427-30
Marble, gilded bronze, enamel, height 402 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font
1427-30
Marble, gilded bronze, enamel, height 402 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font
1427-30
Marble, gilded bronze, enamel, height 402 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: St John the Baptist
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: St John the Baptist
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Prophet
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Prophet
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Prophet
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Prophet
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Prophet
1427-30
Marble
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias
1427-30
Gilt bronze relief, 60 x 60 cm
Baptistery, Siena


Baptismal font: Annunciation to Zacharias
1427-30
Gilt bronze relief, 60 x 60 cm
Baptistery, Siena



Works by Jacopo della QUERCIA
Tomb of Ilaria del Carretto in Lucca | Trenta Altar in Lucca
Fonte Gaia in Siena | Baptismal font in the Baptistery in Siena
Main portal of San Petronio, Bologna | Various works



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