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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom) 1874-29en_US
dc.coverage.temporalca. 1874 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorafter unknown (German sculptor)en_US
dc.creatorKünsthardt, F.en_US
dc.date1870-1875en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-29T20:27:23Z
dc.date.available2013-01-29T20:27:23Z
dc.date.issued1870-1875en_US
dc.identifier189769en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1813en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/98305
dc.descriptionClose view, showing the reliefs; 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/ (accessed 4/27/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumpatinated plasteren_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectallegoricalen_US
dc.subjectNew Testamenten_US
dc.subjectOld Testament and Apocryphaen_US
dc.subjectportraitsen_US
dc.subjectsaintsen_US
dc.subjectJesus Christen_US
dc.subjectdonor portraiten_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectGothic (Medieval)en_US
dc.titleHildesheim Cathedral Font [plaster cast]en_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode7A3-M-VA-HCF-A5en_US
vra.culturalContextGermanen_US
vra.techniquecasting (process)en_US
vra.worktypereplicaen_US
vra.worktypefont (religious building fixture)en_US
dc.contributor.displayafter unknown (German sculptor); F. Künsthardt (German cast maker, active ca. 1850-1880)en_US


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