Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Hildesheim Cathedral Font [plaster cast]
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Preferred Title:
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Hildesheim Cathedral Font [plaster cast]
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Image View:
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Detail, showing a figure at the base which supports the weight of the font
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Creator:
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after unknown (German sculptor); F. Künsthardt (German cast maker, active ca. 1850-1880)
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Location:
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repository: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1874-29
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GPS:
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+51.496325-0.172058
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Date:
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ca. 1874 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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German
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Style Period:
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Gothic (Medieval); Nineteenth century
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Work Type 1:
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replica
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Work Type 2:
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font (religious building fixture)
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Classification:
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sculpture
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Material:
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patinated plaster
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Measurements:
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183 x 99 cm (diameter)
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Relation Work:
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part of Victoria and Albert Museum Cast Courts
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Subjects:
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allegorical; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; portraits; saints; Jesus Christ; donor portrait
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Description:
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The plaster cast is patinated to resemble brass. The original cast brass font is decorated with representations on the cover of Moses and Aaron on either side of an altar, an Allegory of Pity, the Anointing of Christ by St. Mary Magdalen, and the Passage through the Red Sea of the Israelites, the Ark of the Covenant, the Baptism of Christ, and the Virgin and Child between two bishops and the Provost Wilbernus at her feet; the figures supporting the font represent the Rivers of Paradise. The font (ca. 1220) was given to the Cathedral of Hildesheim by Wilbernus, Provost of Hildesheim (1216-1220). Source: V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.uk/
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Image Description:
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The figures supporting the font represent the Rivers of Paradise.
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Four
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Identifier:
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7A3-M-VA-HCF-A8
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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