03 — ARTWORK
Holy Water Font (detail)
UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian · 1710 →
- MEDIUM
- Hard stones and gilt bronze
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 800 × 846 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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Fine workmanship is evident in the heads of the two sacred figures, they are both carved from a single small block of chalcedony, whose natural colour variations, ranging from white to bright yellow, have been exalted to suggest the paleness of the faces and the blond shade of hair.
OTHER WORKS BY ITALIAN UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH
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author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Holy Water Font (detail) by UNKNOWN GOLDSMITH, Italian},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.