Cleveland No. 1

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devil(s) and demons - with human figure - detail

Scene Description: this devil holds the head of the human

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Image Source: digital photograph in the Cleveland Museum of Art [https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.421] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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devil(s) and demons - with human figure - detail

Scene Description: this devil holds the feet of the human

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Image Source: digital photograph in the Cleveland Museum of Art [https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.421] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: a devil on the left; the protrusion of the wall-mounting part on the right

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Image Source: digital photograph in the Cleveland Museum of Art [https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.421] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: the front shows a scene of a human body being handled by the demons

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Image Source: digital photograph in the Cleveland Museum of Art [https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.421] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: the back area was wall-mounted originally

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Image Source: digital photograph in the Cleveland Museum of Art [https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.421] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 00343CLE
Museum and Inventory Number: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: Museum address & coordinates: 11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
Country Name: United States
Location: Ohio
Directions to Site: The Museum is located in the Wade Park District of Cleveland, in the University Circle neighborhood, on the city's E side
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Late Gothic
Described in the Cleveland Museum entry [https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1924.421] [accessed 2 February 2023] as a medieval (late 1400s) "water font" of marble originally from Southern France -- it is located in the MED-Gothic collection; provenance given as: "André J. Seligmann, Paris" [{{cite web|title=Holy Water Font|url=https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.421|year=late 1400s|access-date=02 February 2023|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}] [accessed 2 February 2023]. The object is roughly bucket-shaped and appears to have been mounted on a wall; there are three figures carved on its 'good' side: two winged devils stand forcefully pulling a horizontal naked human.

COORDINATES

UTM: 17T 448955 4595432

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (wall mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round