Maastricht No. 2 / Maestricht

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human figure - head

the only surviving part of an ancient baptismal font
Scene Description: the only surviving part of an ancient baptismal font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © E. den Hartog, Noordwijkerhout, 2002
Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Hartog (2002)
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10831MAA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment?
Font Date: ca. 1140-1160?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Maastricht Heimo workshop?
Cognate Fonts: The font at The Cloisters, in New York
Museum: Bonnefantenmuseum, Limburgs Museum voor Kunst en Oudhoden, Maastricht, BF 3026-54
Church / Chapel Name: [original church unknown]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] Avenue Ceramique 250, 6221 KX Maastricht, Netherlands -- Tel.: +31 43 329 0190
Site Location: Limburg, Netherlands, Europe
Directions to Site: The Bonnefantenmuseum is located at 5 Dominikanerplein, Maastricht. Maastricht is N of Liège, in the Limburg province.
Additional Comments: damaged font: only a head fragment has survived
Font Notes:
Fragment of a baptismal font dated in Raspi Serra (1970) to ca. 1140. Dated in Timmers [in 'Rhein und Maas...', 1972: p. 283] -who questions that the head was part of a baptismal font- to ca. 1160. Little (1987) relates this fragment to the font at The Cloisters, in New York, and to the Ile-de-France workshop that carved the heads on the archivolt of the central portal at St. Denis. Described and illustrated in Hartog (2002) as a small head from a mid-12th century baptismal font; the head has characteristics which are "also found on the sculptures of the Maastricht Heimo workshop"; Hartog reiterates the similarity of this head with the heads on the font at The Cloisters.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 690224 5635793
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.842529, 5.701984
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 50′ 33.1″ N, 5° 42′ 7.14″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [from near Huy]
Number of Pieces: fragment

REFERENCES

  • Hartog, Elizabeth den, Romanesque sculpture in Maastricht, Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, 2002, p. 528-529
  • Little, Charles T., "Romanesque sculpture in North American collections. Part VI. Auvergne, Burgundy, Central France, Meuse Valley, Germany", XXVI, 2, Gesta, 1987, pp. 164-165; p. 164-165
  • Raspi Serra, Joselita, "Lapidici lombardi ed emiliani nel XII secolo a Maastricht in Olanda", 22, Commentari, 1970, pp. 27-40; p. 28
  • Selys-Longchamps, Raphaël de, baron, "Notice sur des pierres tombales de Borgharen", XXIII (1907), Publications de la Société historique et archéologique dans le Limbourg, 1907, pp. 36-37; p. 36 and ill. between pp. 36-37