Reichenberg bei Dresden No. 2 / Reicheberg bei Moritzburg

Results: 10 records

Old Testament - Genesis - the Flood and destruction of mankind - story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17)

angel - cherub

design element - architectural

design element - motifs - varied

human figure - putto

Scene Description: the back appears to be decorated with a garland

view of font and cover

INFORMATION

FontID: 24951REI
Church/Chapel: Dorfkirche Reichenberg (Moritzburg)
Church Location: Großenhainer Str. 35, 01468 Moritzburg, Germany
Country Name: Germany
Location: Meißen, Sachsen
Directions to Site: Located off the S81-S179 crossroads, in the municipality and 4-5 km S of Moritzburg, on the N bank of the Elbe river, about 10 km NW of Dresden city centre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, by the pulpit
Date: 1620
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Early Baroque
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: original church Romanesque; modified 1514-1515, ca. 1620; tower added mid-17thC; modified and expanded early-18thC
The entry for this church in the Kirchgemeinde Reichenberg [https://www.kirche-reichenberg.de/gebäude/kirche-reichenberg/] [accessed 27 September 2023] reports two baptismal fonts in this church, the later of which is, like the pulpit, of 1620. This font consists of a round basin, almost hemispherical in shape decorated with rounded cartouche-like areas conraining Biblical scenes, one of which shows Noah's ark in the Deluge; between the scenes are cherub heads; the base is a square pedestal of baluster shape with an architectural element at the top held-up by a standing putto on one of the sides, the other decorated with a large garland; the whole font is painted and gilded [NB: there probably is an inscription with the 1620 date somewhere on the font]. The wooden cover is round, decorated with flat ribs all around, painted and gilded as the font itself; it has a finial that resembles a baptismal font or earlier design. [cf. BSI entry for Reichenberg bei Dresden No. 1 for the Romanesque font in this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 51.127778, 13.680556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 51° 7′ 40″ N, 13° 40′ 50″ E
UTM: 33U 407671 5664862

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]