Holy-Water Stoup by Giovanni Antonio Fornari https://www.nga.gov/artworks/159881-holy-water-stoup
Airborne angels, billowing clouds, and golden rays against a sky fashioned from rare lapis lazuli surround a receptacle for holy water with exuberantly leaping edges. The Roman master goldsmith who created this stoup inscribed his maker’s mark on the central silver relief of Saint John the Baptist preaching in a landscape.
Inscriptions & Marks Inscriptions stamped on central medallion: FORNARI ROMA;
