Siena Cathedral Baptistery Frescoes (Siena, Italy) : General view looking up in the area over the font
- Creator:
- Michele di Matteo da Bologna, active 1410-1469
Vecchietta, ca. 1412-1480 - Published/Created:
- Siena Cathedral, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
1447-1477 (inclusive) - Date Depicted:
- ca. 1990's
500 AD - 1499 AD - Materials:
- fresco
- Notes:
- The frescoes on the vaults were painted by Lorenzo di Pietro (also called 'Vecchietta') between 1447 and 1450. They represent the Articles of Faith, Prophets and Sibyls. (Restored, repainted in the 19th century). He also painted two scenes on the wall of the apse: Flagellation and Road to Calvary. Michele di Matteo da Bologna painted the frescoes on the vault of the apse (1477).
- Variant Titles:
- Battistero di San Giovanni: Interior Frescos
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Italy -- 15th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Renaissance
- Culture:
- Italian
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-I-S-B-2-A1
- Genre:
- baptisteries (AAT)
churches: cathedrals (AAT)
paintings (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Paintings & Drawings
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture - Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- cycles or series; New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ fresco painting (technique) visual works; paintings (visual works); frescoes (paintings)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module Two
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
ca. 1990's - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10168207
- PID:
- digcoll:1797401