Seattle Art Museum
INFORMATION
Font ID: 09423SEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Museum: The Seattle Art Museum (SAM), F.11.7
Church / Chapel Name: [provenance unknown]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: 1300 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, United States -- Tel.: +1 206-654-3100
Site Location: Washington, United States, North America
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the State Rte 99, on 1st Ave and Uniersity St, around the corner from the Four Seasons hotel
Font Notes:
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Described in Cahn (1979-1999, vol. II: 267) as a fragment of a baptismal font, a work of doubtful authenticity.
COORDINATES
UTM: 10T 549752 5272858
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.607222, -122.338056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 36′ 26″ N, 122° 20′ 17″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Notes on Measurements: Cahn (1979-1999, vol. II: 267): "H. 31.7 x W. 41.9 x D. 27.9 cm"
REFERENCES
- Cahn, Walter, Romanesque Sculpture in American Collections (2 vols.), New York [v.1]; Turnhout, Belgium [v.2]: B. Franklin [v. 1]; Brepols [v.2], 1979-1999, vol. II: 267
- Rumf, B., "An Arty Puzzle", October 1964, Puget Soundings, 1964
- Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum Annual Report: 1963, Seattle, Washington: Seattle Art Museum, 1963, p. 40