Acambaro No. 4 / Acámbaro

Image copyright © Rojas, 1967
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Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - vegetal
INFORMATION
FontID: 07851ACA
Church/Chapel: Convento franciscano de Santa Maria de Gracia
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Mexico
Location: Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Directions to Site: Located about 70 km SSW of Querétaro
Font Location in Church: Located between the entrance hall and the cloister
Century and Period: 18th century, Baroque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described with an illustration in Rojas (1967) as an ample holy-water stoup in the 18th-century Franciscan convent that replaced the original 16th-century church. The large stoup consists of a shallow oval (?) basin decorated with profuse foliage ornamentation; the stem of the base is square, of the baluster type, decorated with simple vegetal (?) motifs; the minimal lower base is quadrangular, with two steps.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: oval? (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval?
Basin Exterior Shape: oval?
REFERENCES
Rojas, Pedro, Acámbaro colonial: estudio histórico, artístico e iconogáfico, México, DF: Imprenta Universitaria, 1967