Maastricht No. 2 / Maestricht

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human figure - head

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

FontID: 10831MAA
Museum and Inventory Number: Bonnefantenmuseum, Limburgs Museum voor Kunst en Oudhoden, Maastricht
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: Netherlands
Location: Limburg
Directions to Site: The Bonnefantenmuseum is located at 5 Dominikanerplein, Maastricht. Maastricht is north of Liège, in the Limburg province.
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: ca. 1140-1160?
Century and Period: 12th century (mid), Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Maastricht Heimo workshop?
Cognate Fonts: The font at The Cloisters, in New York
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.

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
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; r["References"]
Raspi Serra, Joselita, "Lapidici lombardi ed emiliani nel XII secolo a Maastricht in Olanda", 22, Commentari, 1970, pp. 27-40; r["References"]
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; r["References"]