Font from Liege [plaster cast]

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Title	Font from Liege [plaster cast]
Alternate Title	Reproduction of Baptismal Font of Lige
View	General view showing scene of St. John the Baptist baptizing Christ
Work Type	architectural elements fonts (religious building fixtures) copies (derivative objects) reproductions replicas
Style/Period	Mosan Nineteenth century Romanesque
Attribution	after Renier de Huy (Netherlandish sculptor, active 1107-1144) unknown (cast maker)
Creator Name	Renier, de Huy, d. 1150
Creator Nationality	Netherlandish
Subject.work	animals saints Jesus Christ John, the Baptist, Saint Peter, the Apostle, Saint baptism baptismal font
Subject.image	Angels Jesus Christ John, the Baptist, Saint
Country	United Kingdom
City	London
State/Province	England
Location.Notes	Acquired in exchange with the Belgian Royal Commission for Promoting the Reproduction of Works of Art in 1877
Architectural Material	patinated plaster
Technique	casting (process)
Dates	ca. 1877 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	5/25/2007
Subject Information	The original font (ca. 1117) is decorated with representations of St. John the Baptist baptising the Publicans, a group of penitents, and Christ; St. Peter baptising Cornelius; and St. John the Evangelist baptizing Cato the philosopher. The oxen carrying the font are an analogy to the molten sea supported by oxen in the Temple of Jerusalem (I, Kings, vii. 23) and identified as symbols of the Twelve Apostles by Rupert of Deutz in his treatise De Trinitate written at Lige about 1117. Rupert of Deutz probably sketched out the iconography and symbolism of the font which was commissioned by Abbot Hellinus (1111-1118), cast in brass (bronze) by Rainer of Huy for Notre Dame aux Fonts, and is now in the Church of Saint-Barthemy, Lige.
Information.source	V&A (Victoria and Albert Museum) [website]; http://www.vam.ac.uk/
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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