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A beautiful Chini-style baptismal font is preserved inside the church of San Bartolomeo in Molezzano. The ceramic baptismal basin coated with a noble dark glaze is made from one of the flower pots designed by Galileo Chini for the Berzieri baths in Salsomaggiore in the early...

The dazzling and precious ogival lunette placed above the portal of the parish church façade dates back to 1926 and was produced by the San Lorenzo Furnaces and commissioned by the then parish priest Pietro Tesi. The composition of the subject is due to Tito Chini, who also draws...

The church of St. Mary constitutes a true treasure trove of unknown Chini works, starting with the interesting baptismal font dating back to the twenties of the last century. A wrought iron gate, decorated with the well-known geometric motifs inspired by Klimt, protects the font...

The medieval Vallombrosan abbey preserves an interesting baptismal font consisting of a decorated basin with motifs inspired by the Middle Ages, while on the wall there is a panel of tiles depicting the Baptism of Christ. This scene, on which the mark of the San Lorenzo Furnaces...

SANCTUARY OF ST. MARY OF THE SNOW IN QUADALTO Inside the Marian sanctuary of Quadalto, not far from Palazzuolo, we can admire a beautiful wrought iron gate that closes off the three chapels at the back. Built with a simple and geometric structure, except for the elegant curved...

Among the most extraordinary decorative achievements of the Chini family in the Mugello region, undoubtedly stands the chapel of the fallen in Palazzuolo sul Senio, created by Tito Chini in 1925, pouring all his art into it and utilizing products from the San Lorenzo Furnaces. A...

The plaque, made of polychrome majolica and metallic luster, bears an inscription declaring its belonging to the local National Veterans Association and is accompanied by two coats of arms, respectively of the Savoy, rulers of Italy, and of the association itself. A work of...

On the entrance door of the church of San Michele in Ferrone, there is an image of the blessing Christ, whose solemn and iconic figure, depicted bust-length and blessing, echoes the Pantocrator painted by Galileo in the apse of the Borgo San Lorenzo parish church in 1906. The...

Inside the loggia in front of the church of San Michele in Lumena, we can admire an evocative “monument to the fallen of the Great War” of the small parish community. The long dedicatory inscription bears the date 1925, to which the work can be attributed. It is...

A significant testimony of the art of the Chini generation preceding that of Galileo is the rich painted decoration of the ground floor hall of the Michelozzo-style Medici villa in Cafaggiolo, commissioned in 1887 by the then owner Prince Marcantonio Borghese to the brothers Leto...