Veerle / Laakdal

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

On two opposite sides of the basin a/p Jansen's notes.
Scene Description: On two opposite sides of the basin a/p Jansen's notes.

B02: animal - fabulous animal or monster - head - vegetation stemming from the mouth

On twoo opposite sides of the basin a/p Jansen's notes.
Scene Description: On twoo opposite sides of the basin a/p Jansen's notes.

BH01: human figure - head

Four such, at the corners, a/p Jansen.
Scene Description: Four such, at the corners, a/p Jansen.

INFORMATION

FontID: 02875VEE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire de Bruxelles / Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis - Brussel
Church/Chapel: Formerly at the église de Notre-Dame à Veerle / Onze-Lieve-Vrpuw-in-de-Wijngaardkerk van Veerle
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Rue de la Régence 3, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium -- Tel.: +32 2 508 32 11
Country Name: Belgium
Location: Bruxelles, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale / Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest ou Brussel
Directions to Site: Located off the N127, S of Laakdal, in Antwerp
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century [Jansen], Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type
Church Notes: Other interesting fonts in this museum.
Font Notes:
Round mounted font with the four human heads typical of the Mosan type. Jansen describes it in his catalogue as having paired sides: sides 1 and 3 have a masque/head with palmettes stemming from the mouth; sides 2 and 4 have two fleur-de-lis each. Jansen reports the missing base (central pedestal and four colonnettes) and a bad restoration of a vertical crack. The catalogue mentions a Mr. Asselbergs-Lequine of Brussels as having donated this font in 1881 (Musees Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Brussels, 1964) -- [NB: we found no font listed for this church in KIK-IRPA]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.84168, 4.358238
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 50′ 30.05″ N, 4° 21′ 29.66″ E
UTM: 31U 595629 5633098

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (calcaire viséen - Jansen)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm (Jansen's)
Basin Total Height: 33 cm (Jansen's)
Trapezoidal Basin: 99 cm (max.; Jansen's)

REFERENCES

Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire (Belgium), Art chrétien jusqu'à la fin fu Moyen Age, Brussels: Musées royaux d'art et d'histoire, 1964