Saint-Jouan-des-Guerets / Guérets

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B01: head - grotesque or fantastic - 4

Scene Description: [cf. Notes on Font for details]

INFORMATION

FontID: 04016JOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Saint-Malo-Sud, arrondissement de Saint-Malo
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000). It is rather uncommon stoup, and it looks more like a baptismal font, even more so than some of the larger stoups of this area. The large basin is perfectly hemispheric and of white marble; the upper part of the basin sides is ornamented with four of the sort of quasi-grotesque heads one finds in 'mascarons' (bearded, with odd ears and rather impish); it rests on a squat but nicely rendered square base of the same material.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000