| Summary: | This image is a watercolor conceptual painting of a Byzantine baptistery done by Archie Y. Davis, Jr. in 1938. The painting shows a side view of the interior of a church baptistery with its baptismal pool, columns and arches, architectural moldings, and a wall with arched windows in the background. There is a woman in the pool and a priest standing to the right of the pool. The painting is within an arch framework decorated with Byzantine art, a side view of a column, a floor plan, the figure of a priest, a religious icon of three saints, and a cross. In the lower right corner is the artist's information block which reads: "Archie Y. Davis, Jr., May 25, 1938, Arch 375, A Byzantine Baptistery, Ala Poly Inst." There is an Alabama Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture stamp above the artist's block with the handwritten inscription: "1st Medal." There is a label to the right of the artist's block which reads: "72." The painting is in excellent condition and is encapsulated.
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