Baptistry (Siena)

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Object location	43° 19′ 05.26″ N, 11° 19′ 45.28″ E	View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap	43.318129; 11.329245

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

Battistero di San Giovanni, Siena, Tuscany, Italy

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Interior

baptismal font of the Siena Baptistry

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Prophets on the Baptismal font by Jacopo della Quercia

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Reliefs around the base of the Baptismal font

Arrest of St John the Baptist

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

St John the Baptist

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Frescoed ceiling

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Apse

Vecchietta, The Flagellation of Christ

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