Corpus Vitrearum USA

Devoted to scholarly analysis and investigation of Medieval and Renaissance stained glass

Fall 2024 Update

Check out the new entry from the Lord's New Church (Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania) in our Recent Discoveries and Acquisitions page.

The American Committee of the Corpus Vitrearum is pleased to continue the foundational work established by its Checklist series, published in the 1980s and 1990s, with this new website page dedicated to stained-glass panels dating to before 1700 that have recently come to our attention or that have been lately acquired by American museums. Explore the new page under the Publications tab and here:

Recent Discoveries and Acquisitions

Securing Stained Glass in Wartime

At the request of the ICOMOS Emergency Response Team, a working group of the Corpus Vitrearum International technical committee has compiled guidelines to 'Secure Stained Glass in Wartime.'

To find out more about the preservation of Ukrainian heritage, and to donate, please visit the following organizations:

OWHC Initiative for Ukrainian Cultural Heritage - Organization of World Heritage Cities (ovpm.org)
International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

In recognition of the humanitarian crises unfolding in Ukraine and its neighboring countries, including Poland, we are sharing this striking coat of arms that is thought to represent a cadet member of the Polish Royal Family, made in Germany or Austria, c. 1300. Collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, now on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Museum Collections Online

American Institutions with Stained-Glass Panels Dating before 1700

To aid in researching stained-glass panels dating to before 1700 now in the United States of America, we have gathered links to museums with important examples in their holdings. It is our hope that this resource will facilitate access to many of the important works of medieval and Early Modern stained glass now in the United States.

 

Corpus Vitrearum USA Checklists

The American Corpus has published four Checklists of all the identified glass created before 1700 in American collections, appearing in the National Gallery of Art’s publication Studies in the History of Art: volume 15 on New England and New York (1985); volume 23 on the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Seaboard States (1987); volume 28 on the Midwestern and Western States (1989); and volume 39 on Silver-Stained Roundels and Unipartite Panels (1991). Each Checklist is available to download on this website.

To learn more about each volume, select from the Checklists to the right.

To explore the Checklists, select from the options below.

 

 

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Baltimore Boston Brooklyn Bryn Athyn California Cambridge Cleveland Cleveland Museum of Art Connecticut Detroit Detroit Institute of Arts Forest Lawn George A. Douglass Collection Glendale Greenwich Harvard University Hillsborough Los Angeles Los Angeles County Museum Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Jersey Newport New York North Carolina Ohio Oyster Bay Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia Museum of Art Planting Fields Foundation: Coe Hall Princeton Princeton University: The Art Museum Private Collection Rhode Island San Francisco The Brooklyn Museum The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco The Glencairn Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Cloisters The Pierpont Morgan Library The Walters Art Gallery William Hayes Fogg Art Museum