Baptistry (Siena)

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Object location43° 19′ 05.26″ N, 11° 19′ 45.28″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMapinfo

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.

Main portal

Facade

Tympanum on the Main portal



baptismal font of the Siena Baptistry












Arrest of St John the Baptist

Baptism of Jesus Christ by Lorenzo Ghiberti
The Feast of Herod by Donatello

St John the Baptist









Apse

Vecchietta, The Flagellation of Christ