Cabezas Rubias No. 1

INFORMATION

FontID: 17073CAB
Church/Chapel: Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Consolación
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: Spain
Location: Huelva, Andalucía
Directions to Site: Located in the Andévalo Occidental region, 65 km from Huelva capital [Coordinates: 37° 43′ 0″ N, 7° 5′ 0″ W 37.716667, -7.083333]
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Hispano-Moresque / Mudéjar
Cognate Fonts: other such fonts in Seville, the Canary Islands, etc.
Carrasco Terriza et al. (2006) refers to the second visit by Juan de Palafox y Cardona, archbishop of Seville, to this church in 1692, at which time he ordered the old glazed ceramic Mudejar font replaced. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the replaced font; for the replacement font cf. Index entry for Cabezas Rubias No.2]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: ceramic, glazed ceramic (green)

REFERENCES

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