Iconography

GODS AND MYTHS

Amoretti / With animals / Dog
Amoretti / With animals / Dolphin
Amoretti / With animals / Miscellaneous
Amoretti / With animals / Monster / Sea-monster

MAGIC AND SCIENCE

Flora and Fauna / Animals / Dog / Miscellaneous
Flora and Fauna / Animals / Fish, shellfish, and other marine creatures / Dolphin

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Adam and Eve / Adam and Eve - single figures
Ecclesiastical objects / Font / Siena, Cathedral, Cappella di San Giovanni (Pozzetto del Sabato Santo)

SOCIAL LIFE

Hunting / General / Heading off to hunt

Further details

Detail of relief on one side of the baptismal font showing a scene from the Story of Adam of Eve; in the frieze below two amoretti ride the waves on a back of a dolphin while, on land, two others hunting, accompanied by dogs

Artist or creator

Federighi, Antonio (c1420-1483)

Date

1465 - 1468

Location

Siena, Duomo, Cappella di San Giovanni

Associated persons

Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Anderson (21445) (Photographer (analogue))

Rights and Permissions

This material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License

Acknowledgements

Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’

Contact

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