San Francisco de la Montana / San Francisco de la Montaña

INFORMATION

FontID: 15764MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de San Francisco
Church Patron Saints: St. Francis of Assisi
Country Name: Panama
Location: Veraguas
Font Location in Church: Inside the baptistery
Date: ca. 1727?
Century and Period: 18th century, Baroque
Font Notes:
Noted and illustrated in Molina Castillo (2008): Baptismal font [and probably two holy-water stoups] consisting of a hemispherical basin with ribbed sides and underbowl, raised on a pedestal base; an inscription records the object as donated by the parish priest and episcopal examiner, Nicolás García Pinillos, in 1727. Another such font, probably by the same han or workshop, is foun at the Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios, in the town of the same name [NB: this latter font was much damaged when it fell on the ground].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Molina Castillo, Mario José, Veragua, la tierra de Colón y de Urracá: estudio geo-histórico, urbanístico, económico, social, político y cultural de Veraguas, Chiriqui y Bocas del Toro, 1502-1821, Panamá: Arte Gráfico Impresores, 2008