Bocholt No. 1 / Bocholt nr. Bree / Bóggetj
Image copyright © Friedo Steensels, 2026
Permission received from the author via Pol Herman
Results: 18 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friedo Steensels, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by Friedo Steensels
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author via Pol Herman
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
human figure - head
Scene Description: one of four
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friedo Steensels, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by Friedo Steensels
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author via Pol Herman
human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
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human figure - face, head or mask
Scene Description: several on the sides of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Laurentiuskerk in Bocholt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sonuwe, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 August 2007 by Sonuwe [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bocholt_-_Sint-Laurentiuskerk.jpg] [accessed 2 March 2024]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church - retable
Scene Description: Source caption: "Retabel Sint-Laurentiuskerk Bocholt"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 27 September 2019 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Laurentiuskerk_(Bocholt)_27-09-2019_15-28-06.jpg] [accessed 2 March 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
![Source caption: "Sint-Laurentiuskerk (Bocholt) [...] schip en koor"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1240302019_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Laurentiuskerk (Bocholt) [...] schip en koor"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 8 September 2019 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Laurentiuskerk_(Bocholt)_8-09-2019_13-36-42.jpg] [accessed 2 March 2024]
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Sint-Laurentiuskerk (Bocholt) achterzijde kerkschip"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Paul Hermans, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 8 September 2019 by Paul Hermans [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sint-Laurentiuskerk_(Bocholt)_8-09-2019_13-18-54.jpg] [accessed 2 March 2024]
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view of basin - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friedo Steensels, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by Friedo Steensels
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author via Pol Herman
human figure - head
Scene Description: one of four
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Friedo Steensels, 2026
Image Source: digital photograph by Friedo Steensels
Copyright Instructions: Permission received from the author via Pol Herman
information
![the reference to the 1905 report of a Romanesque font in the bellcote/tower grounds [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1260325001_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the reference to the 1905 report of a Romanesque font in the bellcote/tower grounds [cf. FontNotes]
Image Source: digital image of content in 1905 De Maasgouw
Copyright Instructions: PD
design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: similar to the ones on the centre ring moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
design element - motifs - stop - 4
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: all around the upper surface of the centre ring moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
design element - motifs - rope moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © KIK-IRPA, Brussels (Belgium), 2024
Image Source: digital image of a 1944 B&W photograph [cliché A070915] in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-4.0
view of font and cover
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25363BOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (mid?)
Church / Chapel Name: Parochiekerk Sint-Laurentius / Sint-Laurentiuskerk Bocholt
Font Location in Church: Inside the N portal
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Address: Kerkplein, 3950 Bocholt, Belgium
Site Location: Limburg, Vlaanderen / Flandres, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the N76, 3-4 km NNW of Bree, 30+ km NNE of Hasselt
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Hasselt / Bisdom Hasselt
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one reported in 1905 in the bellcote ground)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in the Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed [https://inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be/erfgoedobjecten/86025] [accessed 2 March 2024] lists a baptismal font made of limestone ca. 1530-1550, located in the north portal; the entry also reports three holy-water stoups, made of limestone in the 16th century ["Doopvont in het noordelijke portaal, hardsteen, Maasland (1530-50) [...] Drie wijwatervaten, hardsteen (15de eeuw)"]. Listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/78220] [accessed 2 March 2024] as a baptismal font made of limestone between 1501 and 1600; it gives the height as 159 cm, which includes the cover as well. The KIK-IRPA entry above cites C. Ceulemans and R. Didier, Inventaris van de gotische figuratieve beeldsnijkunst uit de periode 1380-1550, bewaard in Belgisch Limburg, (Sint-Truiden, 1990), nr. 51, as source.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 24 October 2023) surmises that the fonts at Hannêche and Bocholt, and the stoup at Seilles were probably made in the mid-16th century in the same workshop; the three objects are not identical but share many of the design and decoration characteristics."
A further communication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 24 March 2026) refers to an article in the journal Maasgouw of 1905 written by historian Jozef Habets : « Archeologische wandeling door de Limburgse Kempen ». On page 40, he writes about the church at Bocholt : in het klokhuis vonden wij de overblijfsels eener schone romaansche doopvont (on the bellcote floor we found the remains of a beautiful Romanesque baptismal font). I find no trace of this object."
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 24 October 2023) surmises that the fonts at Hannêche and Bocholt, and the stoup at Seilles were probably made in the mid-16th century in the same workshop; the three objects are not identical but share many of the design and decoration characteristics."
A further communication from Pol Herman (e-mail of 24 March 2026) refers to an article in the journal Maasgouw of 1905 written by historian Jozef Habets : « Archeologische wandeling door de Limburgse Kempen ». On page 40, he writes about the church at Bocholt : in het klokhuis vonden wij de overblijfsels eener schone romaansche doopvont (on the bellcote floor we found the remains of a beautiful Romanesque baptismal font). I find no trace of this object."
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it, and to Friedo Steensels, guide of the Saint Laurentius church, member of the local historical society, for his photographs of the font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 680124 5672163
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 51.172492, 5.576725
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 51° 10′ 20.97″ N, 5° 34′ 36.21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded round sides; cross finial
REFERENCES
- KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.