Herentahals / Hérenthals

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BH01: human figure - head

a/p Cloquet, four heads
Scene Description: a/p Cloquet, four heads

INFORMATION

FontID: 02863HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Vlaams-Brabant / Bravant Flamand, Vlaanderen / Flandres
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font? / Mosan type?
Cognate Fonts: Achennes, Huy, etc.
Font Notes:
Included by Cloquet (1895) among the round fonts of the Mosan type with four human heads, at 90-degree angles, on the basin sides. [NB: we have located a 1642 baptismal font of the square table-top type in the Kerk Sint-Waldetrudis, Herentals, listed in KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/31046] [accessed 3 March 2025] -- TO BE RESOLVED]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, pierre mosan
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Cloquet, Louis, "Fonts de baptême romans de Tournai", 45, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1895, pp. 308-320; p. 318