Hinojos

INFORMATION

FontID: 17056HIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Iglesia de Santiago el Mayor
Church Patron Saints: St. James the Greater [aka James the Great, James the Elder]
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huelva, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located S of the E-1 / A-49, WSW of Sanlucar la Mayor, 60 km from Huelva capital [Coordinates: 37° 18′ 0″ N, 6° 23′ 0″ W 37.3, -6.383333]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel, at the W end of the nave, S side
Date: ca. 1688?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?), Baroque
Font Notes:
Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) notes a baptismal font made of red marble with white veins, the pedestal baluster-shaped; installed in 1688. [NB: the fabric of the church goes back to the late 14th or early 15th century, but we have no information on the earlier font]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

REFERENCES

Carrasco Terriza, Manuel Jesús, Guía artística de Huelva y su provincia, Huelva; Sevilla: Diputación de Huelva; Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006