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BU01: human figure - grotesque or fantastic

a/p Inventaire général... (1981)
Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1981)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04543BON
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Florentin
Church Patron Saints: St. Florentin [Florentinus?]
Country Name: France
Location: Meuse, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located on the D960, 6 km from, and in the canton de Gondrecourt-le-Château, arrondissement de Commercy
Font Location in Church: In the old chapel of Saint-Florentin
Century and Period: 16th century
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1981) as a limestone holy-water stoup probably of the 16th century; although made of limestone, it is painted to imitate marble; it is a polygonal basin with moulded side and resting on a grotesque figure ["un marmouset"]. NB: a second stoup, in the nave, by the 1st north pillar, and the baptismal font, also in north of the nave, are probably 18th century and therefore not included in this Index]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Diameter (includes rim): 34 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 31 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1981)

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Lorraine, Meuse: canton Gondrecourt-le-Château, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1981