Kobenhavn No. 3 / København / Copenhagen
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view of font and baptismal dish
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human figure - bust - 4
Scene Description: some male, some female; have Oriental features
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - Christian IV, king of Denmark - 4
Scene Description: the emblem consists of a crowned "C4"; repeated four times around the basin sides
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design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: framing the king's emblems on the basin side
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Heather Cowper, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2011 by Heather Cowper [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_Holmen_-_Copenhagen.jpg] [accessed 16 February 2018]
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view of church exterior - west view
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - 4
Scene Description: one around each of the "knees" of the lower base
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human figure - leg - 4
Scene Description: bent at the knee, they support the font
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design element - motifs - scroll - 4
Scene Description: in the space created by the bent legs of the lower base
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design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2
Scene Description: at the top and bottom of the slender stem of the base
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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation - Mary to the right, Gabriel to the left - Gabriel holds cross sceptre - Holy Spirit
Scene Description: On the baptismal dish
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08713KOB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2003-08-26
Font Date: 1646
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Hans Ulriksen Svitzer
Church / Chapel Name: Holmens Kirke
Font Location in Church: Insede the church, centre aisle, at the transept
Church Notes: present church chiefly of the 1872 renovation
Church Address: Holmens Kanal 21, 1060 København K, Denmark -- Tel.: +45 33 13 61 78
Site Location: København, Sjælland, Denmark, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on Havnegade, by the Holmens Kanal, just over the bridge, towards the centre of Copenhagen
Additional Comments: recycled baptismal dish: the 1646 dish was recast in 1757 [cf Font notes]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font in wrought iron designed as a support for the baptismal dish ["dåbsfad"] made of silver; the latter was re-cast at a later date and bears an Annunciation scene. The basin sides are decorated with four human busts of Oriental inspiration alternating with the crowned "4" -Christian IV, king of Denmark- framed in foliage; the stem of the base is very slender and has a rope moulding at eachh end; the lower base consists of four thin human-like legs at 90-degree angles; the space created below the knee is filled with a scroll-like motif, all of the above-mentioned elements in wrought iron [except the silver dish]. According to the church information pamplet, "The font in wrought iron was donated in 1646 by forgemaster Hans Ulriksen Svitzer himself. The original baptismal dish in silver from 1646 was recast in 1757 to fit a new font executed in white marble by C. F. Stanley. It [i.e., the marble font] now stands in the baptismal chapel in the Garden Aisle".
COORDINATES
UTM: 33U 348055 6172734
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 55.6766, 12.5836
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 55° 40′ 35.76″ N, 12° 35′ 0.96″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (wrought iron)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 117 cm
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Danish
Inscription Location: basin sides
Inscription Text: "C4"
Inscription Notes: King Christian IV's emblem, repeated four times around the basin
Inscription Source: on-site