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Medallion with St. Christopher and St. James Major(?) in a Surround of Quarries

MEDALLION WITH ST. CHRISTOPHER AND ST. JAMES MAJOR(?) IN A SURROUND OF QUARRIESFrance, west (?)
Mid-16th century (quarries mid-14th century)
Pot metal glass, white with silver stain and sanguine
175.0 x 106.0 (68 7/8 x 41 3/4); medallion, including border, diameter: 96.5-97 (38-38 1/4)
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Provenance: Gift of J. Templeman Coolidge, Dudley L. Pickman, and by purchase from the Helen and Alice Coburn Fund
Bibliography: Orin E. Skinner, “Stained Glass in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,” Stained Glass 28 (Winter 1933-1934), 176-177, ill. (in reverse) 181.

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture (Boston, Massachusetts)
Object/Accession: 21.2594

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