Baptismal font by Giovanni Vaccà, 1759
Statue of St John the Baptist by Giovanni Antonio Cybei, 1771
Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of San Giovanni)
Piazza San Giovanni
Volterra, September 2021
“It has a painting (partially damaged during World War Two of the Assumption of the Virgin by Niccolò Circignani. Beside that altar is a marble font (1502) is by Andrea Sansovino. The Ciborium (1471) was completed by Mino da Fiesole. The baptismal font (1759) by Giovanni Vaccà. Above it rises a statue of St John the Baptist (1771) by Giovanni Antonio Cybei. The holy water receptacle is an ancient Roman sarcophagus.” (Volterra Baptistery of San Giovanni, Wikipedia)
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