Italian architect and sculptor, father of the well-known Tino di Camaino. Between 1299 and 1317, he is documented in Siena as the capomaestro (master builder) of the Duomo, creating the upper part of the façade. Between 1317 and 1325 he built the Baptistry of St. John of the Cathedral of Siena.
The Baptistery in Siena was founded in 1316, but left unfinished in the third quarter of the fourteenth century. A complete design in colour for the fa�ade by an unknown author working c. 1339 survived in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Siena.
The interior is a rectangular hall, divided into a nave and two aisles by two columns. It contains a hexagonal baptismal font in bronze, marble and vitreous enamel, realized in 1417-1431 by the main sculptors of the time: Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Giovanni di Turino, Goro di Neroccio and Jacopo della Quercia. The panels of the baptismal font represent the Life of John the Baptist, and include: the Annunciation to Zacharias by Jacopo della Quercia; the Birth of John the Baptist by Giovanni di Turino; the Baptist Preaching by Giovanni di Turino; the Baptism of Christ by Ghiberti; the Arrest of John the Baptist by Ghiberti; the Feast of Herod by Donatello. These panels are flanked on the corners by six figures, two by Donatello ( Faith and Hope); three by Giovanni di Turino (Justice, Charity and Providence), and the Fortitude by Goro di Ser Neroccio.
The marble shrine on the font, the five Prophets in the niches and the marble statuette of John the Baptist at the top were designed by Jacopo della Quercia.
The interior is a rectangular hall, divided into a nave and two aisles by two columns. It contains a hexagonal baptismal font in bronze, marble and vitreous enamel, realized in 1417-1431 by the main sculptors of the time: Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Giovanni di Turino, Goro di Neroccio and Jacopo della Quercia. The panels of the baptismal font represent the Life of John the Baptist, and include: the Annunciation to Zacharias by Jacopo della Quercia; the Birth of John the Baptist by Giovanni di Turino; the Baptist Preaching by Giovanni di Turino; the Baptism of Christ by Ghiberti; the Arrest of John the Baptist by Ghiberti; the Feast of Herod by Donatello. These panels are flanked on the corners by six figures, two by Donatello ( Faith and Hope); three by Giovanni di Turino (Justice, Charity and Providence), and the Fortitude by Goro di Ser Neroccio.
The marble shrine on the font, the five Prophets in the niches and the marble statuette of John the Baptist at the top were designed by Jacopo della Quercia.
