Maurepas

Results: 3 records

B01: coat of arms - Jean du Fay, duc de Chevreuse

Scene Description: a/p identification in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000, v. 1, p. 488)

BD101: design element - motifs - leaf

Scene Description: on its underbowl, a/p Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000)

BD201: design element - motifs - leaf

Scene Description: on its underbowl, a/p Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04717MAU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Sauveur
Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour
Country Name: France
Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the arrondissement de Rambouillet
Font Location in Church: In the baptistery
Century and Period: 16th century,
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a double-font of the 16th century, donated to the church by Jean du Fay, duc de Chevreuse. It appears monolithic with an irregular shape: the larger basin is octagonal and well-defined, its underbowl ornamented with large leaves and the coat of arms of the donor on one basin side. The auxiliary basinette appears rounded and flat; the same source describes the inside wells as oval. The base is rough and rounded, and the whole has been painted to give it a coppery marble tone ["l'aspect d'un marbre cuivré"].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (double font)
Basin Interior Shape: oval (both basins?)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (basin1)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000