Baptistry (Siena)
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The Battistero di San Giovanni was built between 1316 and 1325 by Camaino di Crescentino. The interior, the rectangular hall, houses a hexagonal baptismal font in bronze, marble and vitreous enamel, realized in 1417-1431 by Donatello by Lorenzo Ghiberti, Giovanni di Turino, Goro di Neroccio and Jacopo della Quercia. The panels aound base of the font represent the Life of John the Baptist.
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baptismal font of the Siena Baptistry |
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