Pillnitz / Dresden-Pillnitz
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Results: 6 records
Inscription - 4
Scene Description: two of them visible here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paulae, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 September 2009 by Paulae [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weinbergkirche_Pillnitz_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2022]
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angel - head
Scene Description: several, all around
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 September 2009 by Paulae [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weinbergkirche_Pillnitz_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2022]
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design element - motifs - cartouche - 4
Scene Description: framing Bible inscriptions
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paulae, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 13 September 2009 by Paulae [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weinbergkirche_Pillnitz_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2022]
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view of church exterior in context
![Source caption: "Zeichnung der alten Pillnitzer Schlosskirche kurz vor dem Abbruch 1723" [the castle church before its demolition]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/0220709022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Zeichnung der alten Pillnitzer Schlosskirche kurz vor dem Abbruch 1723" [the castle church before its demolition]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 1723 illustration by Johann Christoph Rüdinger [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rüdinger_Pillnitzer_Schlosskirche.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2022]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Weinbergkirche "Zum Heiligen Geist" in Dresden-Pillnitz"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Unukorno, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 17 June 2017 by Unukorno [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weinbergkirche_Zum_Heiligen_Geist_01.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2022]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Die Weinbergkirche in Dresden-Pillnitz / Weinbergkirche Pillnitz Taufstein"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paulae, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 13 September 2009 by Paulae [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Weinbergkirche_Pillnitz_Taufstein.jpg] [accessed 9 July 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24100PIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Evangelische Weinbergkirche [Zum Heiligen Geist Kirche]
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Ghost
Church Location: Bergweg 3, 01326 Dresden, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Dresden, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off local road S167, 13-14 km SE of Dresden city centre, on the E bank of the Elbe river
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1648?
Century and Period: 17th century(mid?), Baroque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: attributed to Johann Georg Kretzschmar
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: built 1723 to replace the Pillnitzer Schlosskirche of 1596 which was demolished at the time to expand the castle; renovated 1950s; restored 1990s
Font Notes:
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Noted in Zu Gast in Dresden [https://www.zu-gast-in-dresden.de/die-weinbergkirche-in-dresden-pillnitz/] [accessed 9 July 2022]. Baptismal font made of sandstone probably at the same time as the altar [1648] and attributed to Johann Georg Kretzschmar; it consists of a cylindrical basin decorated with four cartouches inscribed with Biblical quotes in gilded lettering inscribed in scrollwork frames; baluster-shaped round pedestal base. Octagonal wooden font cover of the same period as the font; decorated with angel heads and a Latin cross finial; painted and gilded.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.008889, 13.874167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 0′ 32″ N, 13° 52′ 27″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Notes: four biblical inscriptions
Inscription Location: inside four cartouches on the basin sides
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]