Font / tabernacle / portion / cast

Description

St John the Baptist Preaching, plaster cast copy of the gilt bronze relief by Turino di Sano and his son Giovanni di Turino, commissioned 1417, delivered 1427, on the Font in the Baptistry, Siena, by O. Lelli, Florence, about 1891

Museum reference

A.1891.328 E

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Font / tabernacle / portion / cast

Production information

della Quercia, Jacopo, c. 1374 - 1438, Possible maker of the original
Ghiberti, Lorenzo, 1378 - 1455, Possible maker of the original
Donatello, Possible maker of the original

Physical description

Plaster

Associations

Depicted: John the Baptist preaching
San Giovanni, Siena, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy, Southern Europe